org.jikesrvm.runtime
Interface ObjectAddressRemapper

public interface ObjectAddressRemapper

Facility for remapping object addresses across virtual machine address spaces. Used by boot image writer to map local (JDK) objects into remote (boot image) addresses. Used by debugger to map local (JDK) objects into remote (debugee VM) addresses. See also Magic.setObjectAddressRemapper()

objectAsAddress

<T> Address objectAsAddress(T object)

Map an object to an address.

Parameters:

object - in "local" virtual machine

Returns:

its address in a foreign virtual machine

addressAsObject

Object addressAsObject(Address address)

Map an address to an object.

Parameters:

address - value obtained from "objectAsAddress"

Returns:

corresponding object

intern

<T> T intern(T object)

Avoid duplicates of certain objects

Parameters:

object - to intern

Returns:

interned object

identityHashCode

int identityHashCode(Object object)

Identity hash code of an object

Parameters:

object - the object to generate the identity hash code for

Returns:

the identity hash code