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1 /* GDB variable objects API.
2 Copyright (C) 1999-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
7 (at your option) any later version.
8
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
13
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
16
17 #ifndef VAROBJ_H
18 #define VAROBJ_H 1
19
20 #include "symtab.h"
21 #include "gdbtypes.h"
22 #include "vec.h"
23
24 /* Enumeration for the format types */
25 enum varobj_display_formats
26 {
27 FORMAT_NATURAL, /* What gdb actually calls 'natural' */
28 FORMAT_BINARY, /* Binary display */
29 FORMAT_DECIMAL, /* Decimal display */
30 FORMAT_HEXADECIMAL, /* Hex display */
31 FORMAT_OCTAL, /* Octal display */
32 FORMAT_ZHEXADECIMAL /* Zero padded hexadecimal */
33 };
34
35 enum varobj_type
36 {
37 USE_SPECIFIED_FRAME, /* Use the frame passed to varobj_create. */
38 USE_CURRENT_FRAME, /* Use the current frame. */
39 USE_SELECTED_FRAME /* Always reevaluate in selected frame. */
40 };
41
42 /* Enumerator describing if a variable object is in scope. */
43 enum varobj_scope_status
44 {
45 VAROBJ_IN_SCOPE = 0, /* Varobj is scope, value available. */
46 VAROBJ_NOT_IN_SCOPE = 1, /* Varobj is not in scope, value not
47 available, but varobj can become in
48 scope later. */
49 VAROBJ_INVALID = 2, /* Varobj no longer has any value, and never
50 will. */
51 };
52
53 /* String representations of gdb's format codes (defined in varobj.c). */
54 extern char *varobj_format_string[];
55
56 /* Struct that describes a variable object instance. */
57
58 struct varobj;
59
60 typedef struct varobj *varobj_p;
61 DEF_VEC_P (varobj_p);
62
63 typedef struct varobj_update_result_t
64 {
65 struct varobj *varobj;
66 int type_changed;
67 int children_changed;
68 int changed;
69 enum varobj_scope_status status;
70 /* This variable is used internally by varobj_update to indicate if the
71 new value of varobj is already computed and installed, or has to
72 be yet installed. Don't use this outside varobj.c. */
73 int value_installed;
74
75 /* This will be non-NULL when new children were added to the varobj.
76 It lists the new children (which must necessarily come at the end
77 of the child list) added during an update. The caller is
78 responsible for freeing this vector. */
79 VEC (varobj_p) *newobj;
80 } varobj_update_result;
81
82 DEF_VEC_O (varobj_update_result);
83
84 struct varobj_root;
85 struct varobj_dynamic;
86
87 /* Every variable in the system has a structure of this type defined
88 for it. This structure holds all information necessary to manipulate
89 a particular object variable. */
90 struct varobj
91 {
92 /* Name of the variable for this object. If this variable is a
93 child, then this name will be the child's source name.
94 (bar, not foo.bar). */
95 /* NOTE: This is the "expression". */
96 std::string name;
97
98 /* Expression for this child. Can be used to create a root variable
99 corresponding to this child. */
100 std::string path_expr;
101
102 /* The name for this variable's object. This is here for
103 convenience when constructing this object's children. */
104 std::string obj_name;
105
106 /* Index of this variable in its parent or -1. */
107 int index;
108
109 /* The type of this variable. This can be NULL
110 for artificial variable objects -- currently, the "accessibility"
111 variable objects in C++. */
112 struct type *type;
113
114 /* The value of this expression or subexpression. A NULL value
115 indicates there was an error getting this value.
116 Invariant: if varobj_value_is_changeable_p (this) is non-zero,
117 the value is either NULL, or not lazy. */
118 struct value *value;
119
120 /* The number of (immediate) children this variable has. */
121 int num_children;
122
123 /* If this object is a child, this points to its immediate parent. */
124 const struct varobj *parent;
125
126 /* Children of this object. */
127 VEC (varobj_p) *children;
128
129 /* Description of the root variable. Points to root variable for
130 children. */
131 struct varobj_root *root;
132
133 /* The format of the output for this object. */
134 enum varobj_display_formats format;
135
136 /* Was this variable updated via a varobj_set_value operation. */
137 int updated;
138
139 /* Last print value. */
140 std::string print_value;
141
142 /* Is this variable frozen. Frozen variables are never implicitly
143 updated by -var-update *
144 or -var-update <direct-or-indirect-parent>. */
145 int frozen;
146
147 /* Is the value of this variable intentionally not fetched? It is
148 not fetched if either the variable is frozen, or any parents is
149 frozen. */
150 int not_fetched;
151
152 /* Sub-range of children which the MI consumer has requested. If
153 FROM < 0 or TO < 0, means that all children have been
154 requested. */
155 int from;
156 int to;
157
158 /* Dynamic part of varobj. */
159 struct varobj_dynamic *dynamic;
160 };
161
162 /* Is the variable X one of our "fake" children? */
163 #define CPLUS_FAKE_CHILD(x) \
164 ((x) != NULL && (x)->type == NULL && (x)->value == NULL)
165
166 /* The language specific vector */
167
168 struct lang_varobj_ops
169 {
170 /* The number of children of PARENT. */
171 int (*number_of_children) (const struct varobj *parent);
172
173 /* The name (expression) of a root varobj. */
174 std::string (*name_of_variable) (const struct varobj *parent);
175
176 /* The name of the INDEX'th child of PARENT. */
177 std::string (*name_of_child) (const struct varobj *parent, int index);
178
179 /* Returns the rooted expression of CHILD, which is a variable
180 obtain that has some parent. */
181 std::string (*path_expr_of_child) (const struct varobj *child);
182
183 /* The ``struct value *'' of the INDEX'th child of PARENT. */
184 struct value *(*value_of_child) (const struct varobj *parent, int index);
185
186 /* The type of the INDEX'th child of PARENT. */
187 struct type *(*type_of_child) (const struct varobj *parent, int index);
188
189 /* The current value of VAR. */
190 std::string (*value_of_variable) (const struct varobj *var,
191 enum varobj_display_formats format);
192
193 /* Return non-zero if changes in value of VAR must be detected and
194 reported by -var-update. Return zero if -var-update should never
195 report changes of such values. This makes sense for structures
196 (since the changes in children values will be reported separately),
197 or for artificial objects (like 'public' pseudo-field in C++).
198
199 Return value of 0 means that gdb need not call value_fetch_lazy
200 for the value of this variable object. */
201 int (*value_is_changeable_p) (const struct varobj *var);
202
203 /* Return nonzero if the type of VAR has mutated.
204
205 VAR's value is still the varobj's previous value, while NEW_VALUE
206 is VAR's new value and NEW_TYPE is the var's new type. NEW_VALUE
207 may be NULL indicating that there is no value available (the varobj
208 may be out of scope, of may be the child of a null pointer, for
209 instance). NEW_TYPE, on the other hand, must never be NULL.
210
211 This function should also be able to assume that var's number of
212 children is set (not < 0).
213
214 Languages where types do not mutate can set this to NULL. */
215 int (*value_has_mutated) (const struct varobj *var, struct value *new_value,
216 struct type *new_type);
217
218 /* Return nonzero if VAR is a suitable path expression parent.
219
220 For C like languages with anonymous structures and unions an anonymous
221 structure or union is not a suitable parent. */
222 int (*is_path_expr_parent) (const struct varobj *var);
223 };
224
225 extern const struct lang_varobj_ops c_varobj_ops;
226 extern const struct lang_varobj_ops cplus_varobj_ops;
227 extern const struct lang_varobj_ops ada_varobj_ops;
228
229 #define default_varobj_ops c_varobj_ops
230 /* API functions */
231
232 extern struct varobj *varobj_create (const char *objname,
233 const char *expression, CORE_ADDR frame,
234 enum varobj_type type);
235
236 extern char *varobj_gen_name (void);
237
238 extern struct varobj *varobj_get_handle (const char *name);
239
240 extern const char *varobj_get_objname (const struct varobj *var);
241
242 extern std::string varobj_get_expression (const struct varobj *var);
243
244 /* Delete a varobj and all its children if only_children == 0, otherwise delete
245 only the children. Return the number of deleted variables. */
246
247 extern int varobj_delete (struct varobj *var, int only_children);
248
249 extern enum varobj_display_formats varobj_set_display_format (
250 struct varobj *var,
251 enum varobj_display_formats format);
252
253 extern enum varobj_display_formats varobj_get_display_format (
254 const struct varobj *var);
255
256 extern int varobj_get_thread_id (const struct varobj *var);
257
258 extern void varobj_set_frozen (struct varobj *var, int frozen);
259
260 extern int varobj_get_frozen (const struct varobj *var);
261
262 extern void varobj_get_child_range (const struct varobj *var, int *from,
263 int *to);
264
265 extern void varobj_set_child_range (struct varobj *var, int from, int to);
266
267 extern char *varobj_get_display_hint (const struct varobj *var);
268
269 extern int varobj_get_num_children (struct varobj *var);
270
271 /* Return the list of children of VAR. The returned vector should not
272 be modified in any way. FROM and TO are in/out parameters
273 indicating the range of children to return. If either *FROM or *TO
274 is less than zero on entry, then all children will be returned. On
275 return, *FROM and *TO will be updated to indicate the real range
276 that was returned. The resulting VEC will contain at least the
277 children from *FROM to just before *TO; it might contain more
278 children, depending on whether any more were available. */
279 extern VEC (varobj_p)* varobj_list_children (struct varobj *var,
280 int *from, int *to);
281
282 extern std::string varobj_get_type (struct varobj *var);
283
284 extern struct type *varobj_get_gdb_type (const struct varobj *var);
285
286 extern const char *varobj_get_path_expr (const struct varobj *var);
287
288 extern const struct language_defn *
289 varobj_get_language (const struct varobj *var);
290
291 extern int varobj_get_attributes (const struct varobj *var);
292
293 extern std::string
294 varobj_get_formatted_value (struct varobj *var,
295 enum varobj_display_formats format);
296
297 extern std::string varobj_get_value (struct varobj *var);
298
299 extern int varobj_set_value (struct varobj *var, const char *expression);
300
301 extern void all_root_varobjs (void (*func) (struct varobj *var, void *data),
302 void *data);
303
304 extern VEC(varobj_update_result) *varobj_update (struct varobj **varp,
305 int is_explicit);
306
307 extern void varobj_invalidate (void);
308
309 extern int varobj_editable_p (const struct varobj *var);
310
311 extern int varobj_floating_p (const struct varobj *var);
312
313 extern void varobj_set_visualizer (struct varobj *var,
314 const char *visualizer);
315
316 extern void varobj_enable_pretty_printing (void);
317
318 extern int varobj_has_more (const struct varobj *var, int to);
319
320 extern int varobj_is_dynamic_p (const struct varobj *var);
321
322 extern struct cleanup *varobj_ensure_python_env (const struct varobj *var);
323
324 extern int varobj_default_value_is_changeable_p (const struct varobj *var);
325 extern int varobj_value_is_changeable_p (const struct varobj *var);
326
327 extern struct type *varobj_get_value_type (const struct varobj *var);
328
329 extern int varobj_is_anonymous_child (const struct varobj *child);
330
331 extern const struct varobj *
332 varobj_get_path_expr_parent (const struct varobj *var);
333
334 extern std::string
335 varobj_value_get_print_value (struct value *value,
336 enum varobj_display_formats format,
337 const struct varobj *var);
338
339 extern void varobj_formatted_print_options (struct value_print_options *opts,
340 enum varobj_display_formats format);
341
342 extern void varobj_restrict_range (VEC (varobj_p) *children, int *from,
343 int *to);
344
345 extern int varobj_default_is_path_expr_parent (const struct varobj *var);
346
347 #endif /* VAROBJ_H */