com.oracle.truffle.api.nodes

Class IndirectCallNode

java.lang.Object

com.oracle.truffle.api.nodes.Node

com.oracle.truffle.api.nodes.IndirectCallNode

All Implemented Interfaces:

NodeInterface, Cloneable

public abstract class IndirectCallNode
extends Node

Represents an indirect call to a CallTarget. Indirect calls are calls for which the CallTarget may change dynamically for each consecutive call. This part of the Truffle API enables the runtime system to perform additional optimizations on indirect calls. Please note: This class is not intended to be sub classed by guest language implementations.

Since:

0.8 or earlier

See Also:

for faster calls with a constantly known {@link CallTarget}.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.oracle.truffle.api.nodes.Node

Node.Child, Node.Children

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	IndirectCallNode() Constructor for implementation subclasses.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract Object	call(CallTarget target, Object... arguments) Performs an indirect call to the given CallTarget target with the provided arguments.
static IndirectCallNode	create()
static IndirectCallNode	getUncached() Returns an uncached version of an indirect call node.

Methods inherited from class com.oracle.truffle.api.nodes.Node

accept, adoptChildren, atomic, atomic, copy, deepCopy, getChildren, getCost, getDebugProperties, getDescription, getEncapsulatingSourceSection, getLock, getParent, getRootNode, getSourceSection, insert, insert, isAdoptable, isSafelyReplaceableBy, notifyInserted, onReplace, replace, replace, reportPolymorphicSpecialize, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

IndirectCallNode

protected IndirectCallNode()

Constructor for implementation subclasses.

Since:

0.8 or earlier

Method Detail

call

public abstract Object call(CallTarget target,
                            Object... arguments)

Performs an indirect call to the given CallTarget target with the provided arguments.

Parameters:

target - the CallTarget to call

arguments - the arguments to provide

Returns:

the return value of the call

Since:

0.23

create

public static IndirectCallNode create()

Since:

0.8 or earlier

getUncached

public static IndirectCallNode getUncached()

Returns an uncached version of an indirect call node. Uncached versions of an indirect call node use the current encapsulating node as source location.

Since:

19.0