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1 /* GDB variable objects API.
2 Copyright (C) 1999-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
7 (at your option) any later version.
8
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
13
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
16
17 #ifndef VAROBJ_H
18 #define VAROBJ_H 1
19
20 #include "symtab.h"
21 #include "gdbtypes.h"
22 #include "value.h"
23
24 /* Enumeration for the format types */
25 enum varobj_display_formats
26 {
27 FORMAT_NATURAL, /* What gdb actually calls 'natural' */
28 FORMAT_BINARY, /* Binary display */
29 FORMAT_DECIMAL, /* Decimal display */
30 FORMAT_HEXADECIMAL, /* Hex display */
31 FORMAT_OCTAL, /* Octal display */
32 FORMAT_ZHEXADECIMAL /* Zero padded hexadecimal */
33 };
34
35 enum varobj_type
36 {
37 USE_SPECIFIED_FRAME, /* Use the frame passed to varobj_create. */
38 USE_CURRENT_FRAME, /* Use the current frame. */
39 USE_SELECTED_FRAME /* Always reevaluate in selected frame. */
40 };
41
42 /* Enumerator describing if a variable object is in scope. */
43 enum varobj_scope_status
44 {
45 VAROBJ_IN_SCOPE = 0, /* Varobj is scope, value available. */
46 VAROBJ_NOT_IN_SCOPE = 1, /* Varobj is not in scope, value not
47 available, but varobj can become in
48 scope later. */
49 VAROBJ_INVALID = 2, /* Varobj no longer has any value, and never
50 will. */
51 };
52
53 /* String representations of gdb's format codes (defined in varobj.c). */
54 extern const char *varobj_format_string[];
55
56 /* Struct that describes a variable object instance. */
57
58 struct varobj;
59
60 struct varobj_update_result
61 {
62 varobj_update_result (struct varobj *varobj_,
63 varobj_scope_status status_ = VAROBJ_IN_SCOPE)
64 : varobj (varobj_), status (status_)
65 {}
66
67 varobj_update_result (varobj_update_result &&other) = default;
68
69 DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN (varobj_update_result);
70
71 struct varobj *varobj;
72 bool type_changed = false;
73 bool children_changed = false;
74 bool changed = false;
75 enum varobj_scope_status status;
76 /* This variable is used internally by varobj_update to indicate if the
77 new value of varobj is already computed and installed, or has to
78 be yet installed. Don't use this outside varobj.c. */
79 bool value_installed = false;
80
81 /* This will be non-NULL when new children were added to the varobj.
82 It lists the new children (which must necessarily come at the end
83 of the child list) added during an update. The caller is
84 responsible for freeing this vector. */
85 std::vector<struct varobj *> newobj;
86 };
87
88 struct varobj_root;
89 struct varobj_dynamic;
90
91 /* Every variable in the system has a structure of this type defined
92 for it. This structure holds all information necessary to manipulate
93 a particular object variable. */
94 struct varobj
95 {
96 explicit varobj (varobj_root *root_);
97 ~varobj ();
98
99 /* Name of the variable for this object. If this variable is a
100 child, then this name will be the child's source name.
101 (bar, not foo.bar). */
102 /* NOTE: This is the "expression". */
103 std::string name;
104
105 /* Expression for this child. Can be used to create a root variable
106 corresponding to this child. */
107 std::string path_expr;
108
109 /* The name for this variable's object. This is here for
110 convenience when constructing this object's children. */
111 std::string obj_name;
112
113 /* Index of this variable in its parent or -1. */
114 int index = -1;
115
116 /* The type of this variable. This can be NULL
117 for artificial variable objects -- currently, the "accessibility"
118 variable objects in C++. */
119 struct type *type = NULL;
120
121 /* The value of this expression or subexpression. A NULL value
122 indicates there was an error getting this value.
123 Invariant: if varobj_value_is_changeable_p (this) is non-zero,
124 the value is either NULL, or not lazy. */
125 value_ref_ptr value;
126
127 /* The number of (immediate) children this variable has. */
128 int num_children = -1;
129
130 /* If this object is a child, this points to its immediate parent. */
131 struct varobj *parent = NULL;
132
133 /* Children of this object. */
134 std::vector<varobj *> children;
135
136 /* Description of the root variable. Points to root variable for
137 children. */
138 struct varobj_root *root;
139
140 /* The format of the output for this object. */
141 enum varobj_display_formats format = FORMAT_NATURAL;
142
143 /* Was this variable updated via a varobj_set_value operation. */
144 bool updated = false;
145
146 /* Last print value. */
147 std::string print_value;
148
149 /* Is this variable frozen. Frozen variables are never implicitly
150 updated by -var-update *
151 or -var-update <direct-or-indirect-parent>. */
152 bool frozen = false;
153
154 /* Is the value of this variable intentionally not fetched? It is
155 not fetched if either the variable is frozen, or any parents is
156 frozen. */
157 bool not_fetched = false;
158
159 /* Sub-range of children which the MI consumer has requested. If
160 FROM < 0 or TO < 0, means that all children have been
161 requested. */
162 int from = -1;
163 int to = -1;
164
165 /* Dynamic part of varobj. */
166 struct varobj_dynamic *dynamic;
167 };
168
169 /* Is the variable X one of our "fake" children? */
170 #define CPLUS_FAKE_CHILD(x) \
171 ((x) != NULL && (x)->type == NULL && (x)->value == NULL)
172
173 /* The language specific vector */
174
175 struct lang_varobj_ops
176 {
177 /* The number of children of PARENT. */
178 int (*number_of_children) (const struct varobj *parent);
179
180 /* The name (expression) of a root varobj. */
181 std::string (*name_of_variable) (const struct varobj *parent);
182
183 /* The name of the INDEX'th child of PARENT. */
184 std::string (*name_of_child) (const struct varobj *parent, int index);
185
186 /* Returns the rooted expression of CHILD, which is a variable
187 obtain that has some parent. */
188 std::string (*path_expr_of_child) (const struct varobj *child);
189
190 /* The ``struct value *'' of the INDEX'th child of PARENT. */
191 struct value *(*value_of_child) (const struct varobj *parent, int index);
192
193 /* The type of the INDEX'th child of PARENT. */
194 struct type *(*type_of_child) (const struct varobj *parent, int index);
195
196 /* The current value of VAR. */
197 std::string (*value_of_variable) (const struct varobj *var,
198 enum varobj_display_formats format);
199
200 /* Return true if changes in value of VAR must be detected and
201 reported by -var-update. Return false if -var-update should never
202 report changes of such values. This makes sense for structures
203 (since the changes in children values will be reported separately),
204 or for artificial objects (like 'public' pseudo-field in C++).
205
206 Return value of false means that gdb need not call value_fetch_lazy
207 for the value of this variable object. */
208 bool (*value_is_changeable_p) (const struct varobj *var);
209
210 /* Return true if the type of VAR has mutated.
211
212 VAR's value is still the varobj's previous value, while NEW_VALUE
213 is VAR's new value and NEW_TYPE is the var's new type. NEW_VALUE
214 may be NULL indicating that there is no value available (the varobj
215 may be out of scope, of may be the child of a null pointer, for
216 instance). NEW_TYPE, on the other hand, must never be NULL.
217
218 This function should also be able to assume that var's number of
219 children is set (not < 0).
220
221 Languages where types do not mutate can set this to NULL. */
222 bool (*value_has_mutated) (const struct varobj *var, struct value *new_value,
223 struct type *new_type);
224
225 /* Return true if VAR is a suitable path expression parent.
226
227 For C like languages with anonymous structures and unions an anonymous
228 structure or union is not a suitable parent. */
229 bool (*is_path_expr_parent) (const struct varobj *var);
230 };
231
232 extern const struct lang_varobj_ops c_varobj_ops;
233 extern const struct lang_varobj_ops cplus_varobj_ops;
234 extern const struct lang_varobj_ops ada_varobj_ops;
235
236 /* Non-zero if we want to see trace of varobj level stuff. */
237
238 extern unsigned int varobjdebug;
239
240 /* API functions */
241
242 extern struct varobj *varobj_create (const char *objname,
243 const char *expression, CORE_ADDR frame,
244 enum varobj_type type);
245
246 extern std::string varobj_gen_name (void);
247
248 extern struct varobj *varobj_get_handle (const char *name);
249
250 extern const char *varobj_get_objname (const struct varobj *var);
251
252 extern std::string varobj_get_expression (const struct varobj *var);
253
254 /* Delete a varobj and all its children if only_children is false, otherwise
255 delete only the children. Return the number of deleted variables. */
256
257 extern int varobj_delete (struct varobj *var, bool only_children);
258
259 extern enum varobj_display_formats varobj_set_display_format (
260 struct varobj *var,
261 enum varobj_display_formats format);
262
263 extern enum varobj_display_formats varobj_get_display_format (
264 const struct varobj *var);
265
266 extern int varobj_get_thread_id (const struct varobj *var);
267
268 extern void varobj_set_frozen (struct varobj *var, bool frozen);
269
270 extern bool varobj_get_frozen (const struct varobj *var);
271
272 extern void varobj_get_child_range (const struct varobj *var, int *from,
273 int *to);
274
275 extern void varobj_set_child_range (struct varobj *var, int from, int to);
276
277 extern gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char>
278 varobj_get_display_hint (const struct varobj *var);
279
280 extern int varobj_get_num_children (struct varobj *var);
281
282 /* Return the list of children of VAR. The returned vector should not
283 be modified in any way. FROM and TO are in/out parameters
284 indicating the range of children to return. If either *FROM or *TO
285 is less than zero on entry, then all children will be returned. On
286 return, *FROM and *TO will be updated to indicate the real range
287 that was returned. The resulting vector will contain at least the
288 children from *FROM to just before *TO; it might contain more
289 children, depending on whether any more were available. */
290 extern const std::vector<varobj *> &
291 varobj_list_children (struct varobj *var, int *from, int *to);
292
293 extern std::string varobj_get_type (struct varobj *var);
294
295 extern struct type *varobj_get_gdb_type (const struct varobj *var);
296
297 extern const char *varobj_get_path_expr (const struct varobj *var);
298
299 extern const struct language_defn *
300 varobj_get_language (const struct varobj *var);
301
302 extern int varobj_get_attributes (const struct varobj *var);
303
304 extern std::string
305 varobj_get_formatted_value (struct varobj *var,
306 enum varobj_display_formats format);
307
308 extern std::string varobj_get_value (struct varobj *var);
309
310 extern bool varobj_set_value (struct varobj *var, const char *expression);
311
312 extern void all_root_varobjs (gdb::function_view<void (struct varobj *var)>);
313
314 extern std::vector<varobj_update_result>
315 varobj_update (struct varobj **varp, bool is_explicit);
316
317 extern void varobj_invalidate (void);
318
319 extern bool varobj_editable_p (const struct varobj *var);
320
321 extern bool varobj_floating_p (const struct varobj *var);
322
323 extern void varobj_set_visualizer (struct varobj *var,
324 const char *visualizer);
325
326 extern void varobj_enable_pretty_printing (void);
327
328 extern bool varobj_has_more (const struct varobj *var, int to);
329
330 extern bool varobj_is_dynamic_p (const struct varobj *var);
331
332 extern bool varobj_default_value_is_changeable_p (const struct varobj *var);
333 extern bool varobj_value_is_changeable_p (const struct varobj *var);
334
335 extern struct type *varobj_get_value_type (const struct varobj *var);
336
337 extern bool varobj_is_anonymous_child (const struct varobj *child);
338
339 extern const struct varobj *
340 varobj_get_path_expr_parent (const struct varobj *var);
341
342 extern std::string
343 varobj_value_get_print_value (struct value *value,
344 enum varobj_display_formats format,
345 const struct varobj *var);
346
347 extern void varobj_formatted_print_options (struct value_print_options *opts,
348 enum varobj_display_formats format);
349
350 extern void varobj_restrict_range (const std::vector<varobj *> &children,
351 int *from, int *to);
352
353 extern bool varobj_default_is_path_expr_parent (const struct varobj *var);
354
355 #endif /* VAROBJ_H */