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1 /* GNU Objective C Runtime class related functions
2 Copyright (C) 1993, 1995, 1996, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 Contributed by Kresten Krab Thorup
5 This file is part of GCC.
7 GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
8 terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
9 Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later version.
11 GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
12 WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
13 FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
14 details.
16 Under Section 7 of GPL version 3, you are granted additional
17 permissions described in the GCC Runtime Library Exception, version
18 3.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
20 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License and
21 a copy of the GCC Runtime Library Exception along with this program;
22 see the files COPYING3 and COPYING.RUNTIME respectively. If not, see
23 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
25 #include "objc-private/common.h"
26 #include "objc/runtime.h"
27 #include "objc/thr.h" /* Required by objc-private/runtime.h. */
28 #include "objc-private/module-abi-8.h" /* For CLS_ISCLASS and similar. */
29 #include "objc-private/runtime.h" /* the kitchen sink */
31 #include <string.h> /* For memcpy() */
33 #if OBJC_WITH_GC
34 # include <gc.h>
35 # include <gc_typed.h>
36 #endif
38 /* FIXME: The semantics of extraBytes are not really clear. */
39 inline
41 class_createInstance (Class class, size_t extraBytes)
43 id new = nil;
45 #if OBJC_WITH_GC
46 if (CLS_ISCLASS (class))
47 new = (id) GC_malloc_explicitly_typed (class->instance_size + extraBytes,
48 (GC_descr)class->gc_object_type);
49 #else
50 if (CLS_ISCLASS (class))
51 new = (id) objc_calloc (class->instance_size + extraBytes, 1);
52 #endif
54 if (new != nil)
56 /* There is no need to zero the memory, since both
57 GC_malloc_explicitly_typed and objc_calloc return zeroed
58 memory. */
59 new->class_pointer = class;
62 /* TODO: Invoke C++ constructors on all appropriate C++ instance
63 variables of the new object. */
65 return new;
68 /* Traditional GNU Objective-C Runtime API. */
70 class_create_instance (Class class)
72 return class_createInstance (class, 0);
76 object_copy (id object, size_t extraBytes)
78 if ((object != nil) && CLS_ISCLASS (object->class_pointer))
80 /* TODO: How should it work with C++ constructors ? */
81 id copy = class_createInstance (object->class_pointer, extraBytes);
82 memcpy (copy, object, object->class_pointer->instance_size + extraBytes);
83 return copy;
85 else
86 return nil;
90 object_dispose (id object)
92 if ((object != nil) && CLS_ISCLASS (object->class_pointer))
94 /* TODO: Invoke C++ destructors on all appropriate C++ instance
95 variables. But what happens with the garbage collector ?
96 Would object_dispose() be ever called in that case ? */
98 objc_free (object);
100 return nil;
103 const char *
104 object_getClassName (id object)
106 if (object != nil)
107 return object->class_pointer->name;
108 else
109 return "Nil";
112 Class
113 object_setClass (id object, Class class_)
115 if (object == nil)
116 return Nil;
117 else
119 Class old_class = object->class_pointer;
121 object->class_pointer = class_;
122 return old_class;
126 /* Hook functions for memory allocation and disposal. Deprecated and
127 currently unused. */
128 id (*_objc_object_alloc) (Class) = 0;
129 id (*_objc_object_dispose) (id) = 0;
130 id (*_objc_object_copy) (id) = 0;