P4::ExternInstance Struct Reference

#include <externInstance.h>

Static Public Member Functions
static std::optional< ExternInstance >	resolve (const IR::Expression *expr, ReferenceMap *refMap, TypeMap *typeMap, const std::optional< cstring > &defaultName=std::nullopt)
static std::optional< ExternInstance >	resolve (const IR::PathExpression *path, ReferenceMap *refMap, TypeMap *typeMap)
if it has external information about what the name should be.
Returns the extern instance that @constructorCallExpr resolves to, if any, or std::nullopt otherwise. Anonymous instances do not have a name, but the caller may provide one via
static std::optional< ExternInstance >	resolve (const IR::ConstructorCallExpression *constructorCallExpr, ReferenceMap *refMap, TypeMap *typeMap, const std::optional< cstring > &name=std::nullopt)

Public Attributes
const IR::IAnnotated *	annotations
const IR::Vector< IR::Argument > *	arguments
const IR::Expression *	expression
const std::optional< cstring >	name
ParameterSubstitution	substitution
const IR::Type_Extern *	type
const IR::Vector< IR::Type > *	typeArguments

Detailed Description

ExternInstance is a utility class that allows you to gather information about an expression that resolves to an extern instance.

The name is in analogy to MethodInstance. It provides information about the name of the extern instance, the underlying extern type, the arguments it was instantiated with, and the annotations that we applied to it. It can gather this information from either a reference to a named instance, or from an expression which constructs an anonymous instance.

Member Function Documentation

resolve() [1/2]

std::optional< ExternInstance > P4::ExternInstance::resolve ( const IR::Expression * expr, ReferenceMap * refMap, TypeMap * typeMap, const std::optional< cstring > & defaultName = std::nullopt )

static

Returns

the extern instance that @expr resolves to, if any, or std::nullopt otherwise.

@expr may either refer to a named extern instance (i.e., it may be a PathExpression), or it may construct an anonymous instance directly (i.e., it may be a ConstructorCallExpression). In the latter case, the instance will not have a name; @defaultName may optionally be used to specify a default name to return.

resolve() [2/2]

std::optional< ExternInstance > P4::ExternInstance::resolve ( const IR::PathExpression * path, ReferenceMap * refMap, TypeMap * typeMap )

static

Returns

the extern instance that @path resolves to, if any, or std::nullopt otherwise.