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1 /* Interface between gdb and its extension languages.
3 Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This file is part of GDB.
7 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
10 (at your option) any later version.
12 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
20 #ifndef EXTENSION_H
21 #define EXTENSION_H
23 #include "mi/mi-cmds.h" /* For PRINT_NO_VALUES, etc. */
24 #include "gdbsupport/array-view.h"
26 struct breakpoint;
27 struct command_line;
28 struct frame_info;
29 struct language_defn;
30 struct objfile;
31 struct extension_language_defn;
32 struct type;
33 struct ui_file;
34 struct ui_out;
35 struct value;
36 struct value_print_options;
38 /* A function to load and process a script file.
39 The file has been opened and is ready to be read from the beginning.
40 Any exceptions are not caught, and are passed to the caller. */
41 typedef void script_sourcer_func (const struct extension_language_defn *,
42 FILE *stream, const char *filename);
44 /* A function to load and process a script for an objfile.
45 The file has been opened and is ready to be read from the beginning.
46 Any exceptions are not caught, and are passed to the caller. */
47 typedef void objfile_script_sourcer_func
48 (const struct extension_language_defn *,
49 struct objfile *, FILE *stream, const char *filename);
51 /* A function to execute a script for an objfile.
52 Any exceptions are not caught, and are passed to the caller. */
53 typedef void objfile_script_executor_func
54 (const struct extension_language_defn *,
55 struct objfile *, const char *name, const char *script);
57 /* Enum of each extension(/scripting) language. */
59 enum extension_language
61 EXT_LANG_NONE,
62 EXT_LANG_GDB,
63 EXT_LANG_PYTHON,
64 EXT_LANG_GUILE
67 /* Extension language frame-filter status return values. */
69 enum ext_lang_bt_status
71 /* Return when an error has occurred in processing frame filters,
72 or when printing the stack. */
73 EXT_LANG_BT_ERROR = -1,
75 /* Return from internal routines to indicate that the function
76 succeeded. */
77 EXT_LANG_BT_OK = 1,
79 /* Return when the frame filter process is complete, but there
80 were no filter registered and enabled to process. */
81 EXT_LANG_BT_NO_FILTERS = 2
84 /* Flags to pass to apply_extlang_frame_filter. */
86 enum frame_filter_flag
88 /* Set this flag if frame level is to be printed. */
89 PRINT_LEVEL = 1 << 0,
91 /* Set this flag if frame information is to be printed. */
92 PRINT_FRAME_INFO = 1 << 1,
94 /* Set this flag if frame arguments are to be printed. */
95 PRINT_ARGS = 1 << 2,
97 /* Set this flag if frame locals are to be printed. */
98 PRINT_LOCALS = 1 << 3,
100 /* Set this flag if a "More frames" message is to be printed. */
101 PRINT_MORE_FRAMES = 1 << 4,
103 /* Set this flag if elided frames should not be printed. */
104 PRINT_HIDE = 1 << 5,
107 DEF_ENUM_FLAGS_TYPE (enum frame_filter_flag, frame_filter_flags);
109 /* A choice of the different frame argument printing strategies that
110 can occur in different cases of frame filter instantiation. */
112 enum ext_lang_frame_args
114 /* Print no values for arguments when invoked from the MI. */
115 NO_VALUES = PRINT_NO_VALUES,
117 MI_PRINT_ALL_VALUES = PRINT_ALL_VALUES,
119 /* Print only simple values (what MI defines as "simple") for
120 arguments when invoked from the MI. */
121 MI_PRINT_SIMPLE_VALUES = PRINT_SIMPLE_VALUES,
123 /* Print only scalar values for arguments when invoked from the CLI. */
124 CLI_SCALAR_VALUES,
126 /* Print all values for arguments when invoked from the CLI. */
127 CLI_ALL_VALUES,
129 /* Only indicate the presence of arguments when invoked from the CLI. */
130 CLI_PRESENCE
133 /* The possible results of
134 extension_language_ops.breakpoint_cond_says_stop. */
136 enum ext_lang_bp_stop
138 /* No "stop" condition is set. */
139 EXT_LANG_BP_STOP_UNSET,
141 /* A "stop" condition is set, and it says "don't stop". */
142 EXT_LANG_BP_STOP_NO,
144 /* A "stop" condition is set, and it says "stop". */
145 EXT_LANG_BP_STOP_YES
148 /* Table of type printers associated with the global typedef table. */
150 struct ext_lang_type_printers
152 ext_lang_type_printers ();
153 ~ext_lang_type_printers ();
155 DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN (ext_lang_type_printers);
157 /* Type-printers from Python. */
158 void *py_type_printers = nullptr;
161 /* The return code for some API calls. */
163 enum ext_lang_rc
165 /* The operation completed successfully. */
166 EXT_LANG_RC_OK,
168 /* The operation was not performed (e.g., no pretty-printer). */
169 EXT_LANG_RC_NOP,
171 /* There was an error (e.g., Python error while printing a value).
172 When an error occurs no further extension languages are tried.
173 This is to preserve existing behaviour, and because it's convenient
174 for Python developers.
175 Note: This is different than encountering a memory error trying to read
176 a value for pretty-printing. Here we're referring to, e.g., programming
177 errors that trigger an exception in the extension language. */
178 EXT_LANG_RC_ERROR
181 /* A type which holds its extension language specific xmethod worker data. */
183 struct xmethod_worker
185 xmethod_worker (const extension_language_defn *extlang)
186 : m_extlang (extlang)
189 virtual ~xmethod_worker () = default;
191 /* Invoke the xmethod encapsulated in this worker and return the result.
192 The method is invoked on OBJ with arguments in the ARGS array. */
194 virtual value *invoke (value *obj, gdb::array_view<value *> args) = 0;
196 /* Return the arg types of the xmethod encapsulated in this worker.
197 The type of the 'this' object is returned as the first element of
198 the vector. */
200 std::vector<type *> get_arg_types ();
202 /* Return the type of the result of the xmethod encapsulated in this worker.
203 OBJECT and ARGS are the same as for invoke. */
205 type *get_result_type (value *object, gdb::array_view<value *> args);
207 private:
209 /* Return the types of the arguments the method takes. The types
210 are returned in TYPE_ARGS, one per argument. */
212 virtual enum ext_lang_rc do_get_arg_types
213 (std::vector<type *> *type_args) = 0;
215 /* Fetch the type of the result of the method implemented by this
216 worker. OBJECT and ARGS are the same as for the invoked method.
217 The result type is stored in *RESULT_TYPE. */
219 virtual enum ext_lang_rc do_get_result_type
220 (struct value *obj, gdb::array_view<value *> args,
221 struct type **result_type_ptr) = 0;
223 /* The language the xmethod worker is implemented in. */
225 const extension_language_defn *m_extlang;
228 typedef std::unique_ptr<xmethod_worker> xmethod_worker_up;
230 /* The interface for gdb's own extension(/scripting) language. */
231 extern const struct extension_language_defn extension_language_gdb;
233 extern const struct extension_language_defn *get_ext_lang_defn
234 (enum extension_language lang);
236 extern const struct extension_language_defn *get_ext_lang_of_file
237 (const char *file);
239 extern int ext_lang_present_p (const struct extension_language_defn *);
241 extern int ext_lang_initialized_p (const struct extension_language_defn *);
243 extern void throw_ext_lang_unsupported
244 (const struct extension_language_defn *);
246 /* Accessors for "public" attributes of the extension language definition. */
248 extern enum extension_language ext_lang_kind
249 (const struct extension_language_defn *);
251 extern const char *ext_lang_name (const struct extension_language_defn *);
253 extern const char *ext_lang_capitalized_name
254 (const struct extension_language_defn *);
256 extern const char *ext_lang_suffix (const struct extension_language_defn *);
258 extern const char *ext_lang_auto_load_suffix
259 (const struct extension_language_defn *);
261 extern script_sourcer_func *ext_lang_script_sourcer
262 (const struct extension_language_defn *);
264 extern objfile_script_sourcer_func *ext_lang_objfile_script_sourcer
265 (const struct extension_language_defn *);
267 extern objfile_script_executor_func *ext_lang_objfile_script_executor
268 (const struct extension_language_defn *);
270 extern int ext_lang_auto_load_enabled (const struct extension_language_defn *);
272 /* Wrappers for each extension language API function that iterate over all
273 extension languages. */
275 extern void finish_ext_lang_initialization (void);
277 extern void eval_ext_lang_from_control_command (struct command_line *cmd);
279 extern void auto_load_ext_lang_scripts_for_objfile (struct objfile *);
281 extern char *apply_ext_lang_type_printers (struct ext_lang_type_printers *,
282 struct type *);
284 extern int apply_ext_lang_val_pretty_printer
285 (struct type *type,
286 LONGEST embedded_offset, CORE_ADDR address,
287 struct ui_file *stream, int recurse,
288 struct value *val, const struct value_print_options *options,
289 const struct language_defn *language);
291 extern enum ext_lang_bt_status apply_ext_lang_frame_filter
292 (struct frame_info *frame, frame_filter_flags flags,
293 enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
294 struct ui_out *out, int frame_low, int frame_high);
296 extern void preserve_ext_lang_values (struct objfile *, htab_t copied_types);
298 extern const struct extension_language_defn *get_breakpoint_cond_ext_lang
299 (struct breakpoint *b, enum extension_language skip_lang);
301 extern int breakpoint_ext_lang_cond_says_stop (struct breakpoint *);
303 /* If a method with name METHOD_NAME is to be invoked on an object of type
304 TYPE, then all extension languages are searched for implementations of
305 methods with name METHOD_NAME. All matches found are appended to the WORKERS
306 vector. */
308 extern void get_matching_xmethod_workers
309 (struct type *type, const char *method_name,
310 std::vector<xmethod_worker_up> *workers);
312 #endif /* EXTENSION_H */