src/compilation-cache.h

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#ifndef V8_COMPILATION_CACHE_H_
#define V8_COMPILATION_CACHE_H_

namespace v8 {
namespace internal {


// The compilation cache keeps function boilerplates for compiled
// scripts and evals. The boilerplates are looked up using the source
// string as the key. For regular expressions the compilation data is cached.
class CompilationCache {
 public:
  // Finds the script function boilerplate for a source
  // string. Returns an empty handle if the cache doesn't contain a
  // script for the given source string with the right origin.
  static Handle<JSFunction> LookupScript(Handle<String> source,
                                         Handle<Object> name,
                                         int line_offset,
                                         int column_offset);

  // Finds the function boilerplate for a source string for eval in a
  // given context.  Returns an empty handle if the cache doesn't
  // contain a script for the given source string.
  static Handle<JSFunction> LookupEval(Handle<String> source,
                                       Handle<Context> context,
                                       bool is_global);

  // Returns the regexp data associated with the given regexp if it
  // is in cache, otherwise an empty handle.
  static Handle<FixedArray> LookupRegExp(Handle<String> source,
                                         JSRegExp::Flags flags);

  // Associate the (source, kind) pair to the boilerplate. This may
  // overwrite an existing mapping.
  static void PutScript(Handle<String> source,
                        Handle<JSFunction> boilerplate);

  // Associate the (source, context->closure()->shared(), kind) triple
  // with the boilerplate. This may overwrite an existing mapping.
  static void PutEval(Handle<String> source,
                      Handle<Context> context,
                      bool is_global,
                      Handle<JSFunction> boilerplate);

  // Associate the (source, flags) pair to the given regexp data.
  // This may overwrite an existing mapping.
  static void PutRegExp(Handle<String> source,
                        JSRegExp::Flags flags,
                        Handle<FixedArray> data);

  // Clear the cache - also used to initialize the cache at startup.
  static void Clear();

  // GC support.
  static void Iterate(ObjectVisitor* v);

  // Notify the cache that a mark-sweep garbage collection is about to
  // take place. This is used to retire entries from the cache to
  // avoid keeping them alive too long without using them.
  static void MarkCompactPrologue();

  // Enable/disable compilation cache. Used by debugger to disable compilation
  // cache during debugging to make sure new scripts are always compiled.
  static void Enable();
  static void Disable();
};


} }  // namespace v8::internal

#endif  // V8_COMPILATION_CACHE_H_