001    /*
002     *  This file is part of the Jikes RVM project (http://jikesrvm.org).
003     *
004     *  This file is licensed to You under the Eclipse Public License (EPL);
005     *  You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
006     *  may obtain a copy of the License at
007     *
008     *      http://www.opensource.org/licenses/eclipse-1.0.php
009     *
010     *  See the COPYRIGHT.txt file distributed with this work for information
011     *  regarding copyright ownership.
012     */
013    package org.jikesrvm.compilers.common.assembler;
014    
015    /**
016     *  This class has been created to work around a bug whereby the system seems to have gotten
017     * confused by the relationship between:
018     *
019     * ForwardReference -> ForwardReference.ShortBranch -> Assembler.ShortBranch, and Assembler
020     *
021     * This problem does not exist under IA32 since there is no need for Assembler.ShortBranch
022     */
023    public abstract class AbstractAssembler {
024      public abstract void patchShortBranch(int sourceMachinecodeIndex);
025    
026      public abstract void patchUnconditionalBranch(int sourceMachinecodeIndex);
027    
028      public abstract void patchConditionalBranch(int sourceMachinecodeIndex);
029    
030      public abstract void patchSwitchCase(int sourceMachinecodeIndex);
031    
032      public abstract void patchLoadReturnAddress(int sourceMachinecodeIndex);
033    }