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1//===-- UserExpression.h ----------------------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
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8
9#ifndef LLDB_EXPRESSION_USEREXPRESSION_H
10#define LLDB_EXPRESSION_USEREXPRESSION_H
11
12#include <memory>
13#include <string>
14#include <vector>
15
16#include "lldb/Core/Address.h"
20#include "lldb/Target/Target.h"
21#include "lldb/lldb-forward.h"
22#include "lldb/lldb-private.h"
23
24namespace lldb_private {
25
26/// \class UserExpression UserExpression.h "lldb/Expression/UserExpression.h"
27/// Encapsulates a one-time expression for use in lldb.
28///
29/// LLDB uses expressions for various purposes, notably to call functions
30/// and as a backend for the expr command. UserExpression is a virtual base
31/// class that encapsulates the objects needed to parse and interpret or
32/// JIT an expression. The actual parsing part will be provided by the specific
33/// implementations of UserExpression - which will be vended through the
34/// appropriate TypeSystem.
35class UserExpression : public Expression {
36 /// LLVM RTTI support.
37 static char ID;
38
39public:
40 bool isA(const void *ClassID) const override { return ClassID == &ID; }
41 static bool classof(const Expression *obj) { return obj->isA(&ID); }
42
43 enum { kDefaultTimeout = 500000u };
44
45 /// Constructor
46 ///
47 /// \param[in] expr
48 /// The expression to parse.
49 ///
50 /// \param[in] language
51 /// If not eLanguageTypeUnknown, a language to use when parsing
52 /// the expression. Currently restricted to those languages
53 /// supported by Clang.
54 ///
55 /// \param[in] desired_type
56 /// If not eResultTypeAny, the type to use for the expression
57 /// result.
58 UserExpression(ExecutionContextScope &exe_scope, llvm::StringRef expr,
59 llvm::StringRef prefix, lldb::LanguageType language,
60 ResultType desired_type,
61 const EvaluateExpressionOptions &options);
62
63 /// Destructor
64 ~UserExpression() override;
65
66 /// Parse the expression
67 ///
68 /// \param[in] diagnostic_manager
69 /// A diagnostic manager to report parse errors and warnings to.
70 ///
71 /// \param[in] exe_ctx
72 /// The execution context to use when looking up entities that
73 /// are needed for parsing (locations of functions, types of
74 /// variables, persistent variables, etc.)
75 ///
76 /// \param[in] execution_policy
77 /// Determines whether interpretation is possible or mandatory.
78 ///
79 /// \param[in] keep_result_in_memory
80 /// True if the resulting persistent variable should reside in
81 /// target memory, if applicable.
82 ///
83 /// \return
84 /// True on success (no errors); false otherwise.
85 virtual bool Parse(DiagnosticManager &diagnostic_manager,
86 ExecutionContext &exe_ctx,
87 lldb_private::ExecutionPolicy execution_policy,
88 bool keep_result_in_memory, bool generate_debug_info) = 0;
89
90 /// Attempts to find possible command line completions for the given
91 /// (possible incomplete) user expression.
92 ///
93 /// \param[in] exe_ctx
94 /// The execution context to use when looking up entities that
95 /// are needed for parsing and completing (locations of functions, types
96 /// of variables, persistent variables, etc.)
97 ///
98 /// \param[out] request
99 /// The completion request to fill out. The completion should be a string
100 /// that would complete the current token at the cursor position.
101 /// Note that the string in the list replaces the current token
102 /// in the command line.
103 ///
104 /// \param[in] complete_pos
105 /// The position of the cursor inside the user expression string.
106 /// The completion process starts on the token that the cursor is in.
107 ///
108 /// \return
109 /// True if we added any completion results to the output;
110 /// false otherwise.
111 virtual bool Complete(ExecutionContext &exe_ctx, CompletionRequest &request,
112 unsigned complete_pos) {
113 return false;
114 }
115
116 virtual bool CanInterpret() = 0;
117
118 bool MatchesContext(ExecutionContext &exe_ctx);
119
120 /// Execute the parsed expression by callinng the derived class's DoExecute
121 /// method.
122 ///
123 /// \param[in] diagnostic_manager
124 /// A diagnostic manager to report errors to.
125 ///
126 /// \param[in] exe_ctx
127 /// The execution context to use when looking up entities that
128 /// are needed for parsing (locations of variables, etc.)
129 ///
130 /// \param[in] options
131 /// Expression evaluation options.
132 ///
133 /// \param[in] shared_ptr_to_me
134 /// This is a shared pointer to this UserExpression. This is
135 /// needed because Execute can push a thread plan that will hold onto
136 /// the UserExpression for an unbounded period of time. So you
137 /// need to give the thread plan a reference to this object that can
138 /// keep it alive.
139 ///
140 /// \param[in] result
141 /// A pointer to direct at the persistent variable in which the
142 /// expression's result is stored.
143 ///
144 /// \return
145 /// A Process::Execution results value.
147 ExecutionContext &exe_ctx,
148 const EvaluateExpressionOptions &options,
149 lldb::UserExpressionSP &shared_ptr_to_me,
151
152 /// Apply the side effects of the function to program state.
153 ///
154 /// \param[in] diagnostic_manager
155 /// A diagnostic manager to report errors to.
156 ///
157 /// \param[in] exe_ctx
158 /// The execution context to use when looking up entities that
159 /// are needed for parsing (locations of variables, etc.)
160 ///
161 /// \param[in] result
162 /// A pointer to direct at the persistent variable in which the
163 /// expression's result is stored.
164 ///
165 /// \param[in] function_stack_bottom
166 /// A pointer to the bottom of the function's stack frame. This
167 /// is used to determine whether the expression result resides in
168 /// memory that will still be valid, or whether it needs to be
169 /// treated as homeless for the purpose of future expressions.
170 ///
171 /// \param[in] function_stack_top
172 /// A pointer to the top of the function's stack frame. This
173 /// is used to determine whether the expression result resides in
174 /// memory that will still be valid, or whether it needs to be
175 /// treated as homeless for the purpose of future expressions.
176 ///
177 /// \return
178 /// A Process::Execution results value.
180 DiagnosticManager &diagnostic_manager, ExecutionContext &exe_ctx,
182 lldb::addr_t function_stack_bottom = LLDB_INVALID_ADDRESS,
183 lldb::addr_t function_stack_top = LLDB_INVALID_ADDRESS) = 0;
184
185 /// Return the string that the parser should parse.
186 const char *Text() override { return m_expr_text.c_str(); }
187
188 /// Return the string that the user typed.
189 const char *GetUserText() { return m_expr_text.c_str(); }
190
191 /// Return the function name that should be used for executing the
192 /// expression. Text() should contain the definition of this function.
193 const char *FunctionName() override { return "$__lldb_expr"; }
194
195 /// Returns whether the call to Parse on this user expression is cacheable.
196 /// This function exists to provide an escape hatch for supporting languages
197 /// where parsing an expression in the exact same context is unsafe. For
198 /// example, languages where generic functions aren't monomorphized, but
199 /// implement some other mechanism to represent generic values, may be unsafe
200 /// to cache, as the concrete type substitution may be different in every
201 /// expression evaluation.
202 virtual bool IsParseCacheable() { return true; }
203 /// Return the language that should be used when parsing. To use the
204 /// default, return eLanguageTypeUnknown.
205 lldb::LanguageType Language() const override { return m_language; }
206
207 /// Return the desired result type of the function, or eResultTypeAny if
208 /// indifferent.
210
211 /// Return true if validation code should be inserted into the expression.
212 bool NeedsValidation() override { return true; }
213
214 /// Return true if external variables in the expression should be resolved.
215 bool NeedsVariableResolution() override { return true; }
216
218
222 }
223
224 /// Evaluate one expression in the scratch context of the target passed in
225 /// the exe_ctx and return its result.
226 ///
227 /// \param[in] exe_ctx
228 /// The execution context to use when evaluating the expression.
229 ///
230 /// \param[in] options
231 /// Expression evaluation options. N.B. The language in the
232 /// evaluation options will be used to determine the language used for
233 /// expression evaluation.
234 ///
235 /// \param[in] expr_cstr
236 /// A C string containing the expression to be evaluated.
237 ///
238 /// \param[in] expr_prefix
239 /// If non-nullptr, a C string containing translation-unit level
240 /// definitions to be included when the expression is parsed.
241 ///
242 /// \param[in,out] result_valobj_sp
243 /// If execution is successful, the result valobj is placed here.
244 ///
245 /// \param[out] error
246 /// Filled in with an error in case the expression evaluation
247 /// fails to parse, run, or evaluated.
248 ///
249 /// \param[out] fixed_expression
250 /// If non-nullptr, the fixed expression is copied into the provided
251 /// string.
252 ///
253 /// \param[in] ctx_obj
254 /// If specified, then the expression will be evaluated in the context of
255 /// this object. It means that the context object's address will be
256 /// treated as `this` for the expression (the expression will be
257 /// evaluated as if it was inside of a method of the context object's
258 /// class, and its `this` parameter were pointing to the context object).
259 /// The parameter makes sense for class and union types only.
260 /// Currently there is a limitation: the context object must be located
261 /// in the debuggee process' memory (and have the load address).
262 ///
263 /// \result
264 /// A Process::ExpressionResults value. eExpressionCompleted for
265 /// success.
267 Evaluate(ExecutionContext &exe_ctx, const EvaluateExpressionOptions &options,
268 llvm::StringRef expr_cstr, llvm::StringRef expr_prefix,
269 lldb::ValueObjectSP &result_valobj_sp, Status &error,
270 std::string *fixed_expression = nullptr,
271 ValueObject *ctx_obj = nullptr);
272
274 0x1001; ///< ValueObject::GetError() returns this if there is no result
275 /// from the expression.
276
277 llvm::StringRef GetFixedText() {
278 return m_fixed_text;
279 }
280
281protected:
283 DoExecute(DiagnosticManager &diagnostic_manager, ExecutionContext &exe_ctx,
284 const EvaluateExpressionOptions &options,
285 lldb::UserExpressionSP &shared_ptr_to_me,
286 lldb::ExpressionVariableSP &result) = 0;
287
289 llvm::StringRef object_name,
290 Status &err);
291
292 /// Return ValueObject for a given variable name in the current stack frame
293 ///
294 /// \param[in] frame Current stack frame. When passed a 'nullptr', this
295 /// function returns an empty ValueObjectSP.
296 ///
297 /// \param[in] object_name Name of the variable in the current stack frame
298 /// for which we want the ValueObjectSP.
299 ///
300 /// \param[out] err Status object which will get set on error.
301 ///
302 /// \returns On success returns a ValueObjectSP corresponding to the variable
303 /// with 'object_name' in the current 'frame'. Otherwise, returns
304 /// 'nullptr' (and sets the error status parameter 'err').
307 llvm::StringRef object_name, Status &err);
308
309 /// Populate m_in_cplusplus_method and m_in_objectivec_method based on the
310 /// environment.
311
312 void InstallContext(ExecutionContext &exe_ctx);
313
314 bool LockAndCheckContext(ExecutionContext &exe_ctx, lldb::TargetSP &target_sp,
315 lldb::ProcessSP &process_sp,
316 lldb::StackFrameSP &frame_sp);
317
318 Address m_address; ///< The address the process is stopped in.
319 std::string m_expr_text; ///< The text of the expression, as typed by the user
320 std::string m_expr_prefix; ///< The text of the translation-level definitions,
321 ///as provided by the user
322 std::string m_fixed_text; ///< The text of the expression with fix-its applied
323 ///- this won't be set if the fixed text doesn't
324 ///parse.
325 lldb::LanguageType m_language; ///< The language to use when parsing
326 ///(eLanguageTypeUnknown means use defaults)
327 ResultType m_desired_type; ///< The type to coerce the expression's result to.
328 ///If eResultTypeAny, inferred from the expression.
330 m_options; ///< Additional options provided by the user.
331};
332
333} // namespace lldb_private
334
335#endif // LLDB_EXPRESSION_USEREXPRESSION_H
static llvm::raw_ostream & error(Stream &strm)
A section + offset based address class.
Definition: Address.h:62
"lldb/Utility/ArgCompletionRequest.h"
"lldb/Target/ExecutionContextScope.h" Inherit from this if your object can reconstruct its execution ...
"lldb/Target/ExecutionContext.h" A class that contains an execution context.
Encapsulates a single expression for use in lldb.
Definition: Expression.h:31
virtual bool isA(const void *ClassID) const =0
An error handling class.
Definition: Status.h:44
uint32_t ValueType
Every error value that this object can contain needs to be able to fit into ValueType.
Definition: Status.h:48
Encapsulates a one-time expression for use in lldb.
Address m_address
The address the process is stopped in.
~UserExpression() override
Destructor.
static lldb::ValueObjectSP GetObjectPointerValueObject(lldb::StackFrameSP frame, llvm::StringRef object_name, Status &err)
Return ValueObject for a given variable name in the current stack frame.
virtual lldb::ExpressionVariableSP GetResultAfterDematerialization(ExecutionContextScope *exe_scope)
virtual bool CanInterpret()=0
virtual bool Complete(ExecutionContext &exe_ctx, CompletionRequest &request, unsigned complete_pos)
Attempts to find possible command line completions for the given (possible incomplete) user expressio...
virtual lldb::ExpressionResults DoExecute(DiagnosticManager &diagnostic_manager, ExecutionContext &exe_ctx, const EvaluateExpressionOptions &options, lldb::UserExpressionSP &shared_ptr_to_me, lldb::ExpressionVariableSP &result)=0
virtual bool IsParseCacheable()
Returns whether the call to Parse on this user expression is cacheable.
const char * GetUserText()
Return the string that the user typed.
std::string m_fixed_text
The text of the expression with fix-its applied.
ResultType m_desired_type
The type to coerce the expression's result to.
bool NeedsVariableResolution() override
Return true if external variables in the expression should be resolved.
bool NeedsValidation() override
Return true if validation code should be inserted into the expression.
bool isA(const void *ClassID) const override
const char * Text() override
Return the string that the parser should parse.
void InstallContext(ExecutionContext &exe_ctx)
Populate m_in_cplusplus_method and m_in_objectivec_method based on the environment.
lldb::LanguageType Language() const override
Return the language that should be used when parsing.
std::string m_expr_prefix
The text of the translation-level definitions, as provided by the user.
ResultType DesiredResultType() override
Return the desired result type of the function, or eResultTypeAny if indifferent.
static const Status::ValueType kNoResult
ValueObject::GetError() returns this if there is no result from the expression.
const char * FunctionName() override
Return the function name that should be used for executing the expression.
std::string m_expr_text
The text of the expression, as typed by the user.
static lldb::ExpressionResults Evaluate(ExecutionContext &exe_ctx, const EvaluateExpressionOptions &options, llvm::StringRef expr_cstr, llvm::StringRef expr_prefix, lldb::ValueObjectSP &result_valobj_sp, Status &error, std::string *fixed_expression=nullptr, ValueObject *ctx_obj=nullptr)
Evaluate one expression in the scratch context of the target passed in the exe_ctx and return its res...
virtual bool Parse(DiagnosticManager &diagnostic_manager, ExecutionContext &exe_ctx, lldb_private::ExecutionPolicy execution_policy, bool keep_result_in_memory, bool generate_debug_info)=0
Parse the expression.
EvaluateExpressionOptions m_options
Additional options provided by the user.
bool LockAndCheckContext(ExecutionContext &exe_ctx, lldb::TargetSP &target_sp, lldb::ProcessSP &process_sp, lldb::StackFrameSP &frame_sp)
bool MatchesContext(ExecutionContext &exe_ctx)
virtual bool FinalizeJITExecution(DiagnosticManager &diagnostic_manager, ExecutionContext &exe_ctx, lldb::ExpressionVariableSP &result, lldb::addr_t function_stack_bottom=LLDB_INVALID_ADDRESS, lldb::addr_t function_stack_top=LLDB_INVALID_ADDRESS)=0
Apply the side effects of the function to program state.
static lldb::addr_t GetObjectPointer(lldb::StackFrameSP frame_sp, llvm::StringRef object_name, Status &err)
llvm::StringRef GetFixedText()
lldb::LanguageType m_language
The language to use when parsing (eLanguageTypeUnknown means use defaults)
lldb::ExpressionResults Execute(DiagnosticManager &diagnostic_manager, ExecutionContext &exe_ctx, const EvaluateExpressionOptions &options, lldb::UserExpressionSP &shared_ptr_to_me, lldb::ExpressionVariableSP &result)
Execute the parsed expression by callinng the derived class's DoExecute method.
static bool classof(const Expression *obj)
EvaluateExpressionOptions * GetOptions() override
static char ID
LLVM RTTI support.
#define LLDB_INVALID_ADDRESS
Definition: lldb-defines.h:82
A class that represents a running process on the host machine.
Definition: SBAttachInfo.h:14
ExecutionPolicy
Expression execution policies.
std::shared_ptr< lldb_private::StackFrame > StackFrameSP
Definition: lldb-forward.h:412
std::shared_ptr< lldb_private::ValueObject > ValueObjectSP
Definition: lldb-forward.h:472
std::shared_ptr< lldb_private::ExpressionVariable > ExpressionVariableSP
Definition: lldb-forward.h:343
LanguageType
Programming language type.
std::shared_ptr< lldb_private::UserExpression > UserExpressionSP
Definition: lldb-forward.h:324
ExpressionResults
The results of expression evaluation.
std::shared_ptr< lldb_private::Process > ProcessSP
Definition: lldb-forward.h:381
uint64_t addr_t
Definition: lldb-types.h:79
std::shared_ptr< lldb_private::Target > TargetSP
Definition: lldb-forward.h:436