1 /* Soot - a J*va Optimization Framework 2 * Copyright (C) 1997-1999 Raja Vallee-Rai 3 * 4 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 5 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 6 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 7 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 8 * 9 * This library 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 GNU 12 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 13 * 14 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 15 * License along with this library; if not, write to the 16 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, 17 * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. 18 */ 19 20 /* 21 * Modified by the Sable Research Group and others 1997-1999. 22 * See the 'credits' file distributed with Soot for the complete list of 23 * contributors. (Soot is distributed at http://www.sable.mcgill.ca/soot) 24 */ 25 26 27 package soot; 28 29 import soot.util.*; 30 import java.util.*; 31 import soot.*; 32 import java.io.*; 33 34 /** Data used as, for instance, arguments to instructions; typical implementations are 35 * constants or expressions. 36 * 37 * Values are typed, clonable and must declare which other 38 * Values they use (contain). */ 39 public interface Value extends Switchable, EquivTo, Serializable 40 { 41 /** Returns a List of boxes corresponding to Values 42 * which are used by (ie contained within) this Value. */ 43 public List getUseBoxes(); 44 45 /** Returns the Soot type of this Value. */ 46 public Type getType(); 47 48 /** Returns a clone of this Value. */ 49 public Object clone(); 50 51 public void toString( UnitPrinter up ); 52 } 53