src/packages/xdc/rov/Model.xdc

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 *  Contributors:
 *      Texas Instruments - initial implementation
 * 
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/*!
 *  ======== Model ========
 *  The ROV Model is the core of ROV. The Model must be started in order to
 *  retrieve ROV views for any modules.
 *
 *  The Model has a compatibility key. Any changes or additions to the public
 *  interfaces of the ROV core will result in a bump of the model version 
 *  number.
 */
metaonly module Model {

    /*!
     *  ======== vers ========
     *  ROV API version number
     *  
     *  Model.start will throw an exception if the version parameter does not
     *  equal the Model's current version. The version number is changed based
     *  on modifications to the public APIs (in xdc.rov.Program) that would
     *  potentially break compatibility with clients.
     *
     *  This allows the Model to verify compatibility with its client. 
     */
    config Int vers = 4;
    
    /*!
     *  ======== start ========
     *  Start the ROV Model
     *
     *  The ROV Model requires instances of an ISymbolTable, an IMemoryImage, 
     *  and an ICallBack. It also requires the ROV recap file, which can be
     *  located using the xdc.rov.Recap module.
     *
     *  @param(vers) Model.start will throw an exception if the version
     *                parameter does not equal the Model's current
     *                `{@link #vers version}`. 
     *
     *  @param(recap) Capsule of the ROV recap file. Retrieve this with
     *                `xdc.loadCapsule(recapFilePath)`.
     *
     *  @param(executable) The path to the executable file
     *
     *  @param(sym)        an object that implements the xdc.rov.ISymbolTable
     *                     interface used to read symbols defined by the
     *                     executable
     *
     *  @param(mem)        an object that implements the xdc.rov.IMemoryImage
     *                     interface used to read target memory
     *
     *  @param(callBack)   an object that implements the xdc.rov.ICallback
     *                     interface used to report progress status
     */
    Void start(Int vers, String executable, Any recap, 
               ISymbolTable.Instance sym, Any mem, 
               ICallBack.Instance callBack);

    /*
     *  ======== getICallStackInst ========
     *  Called by clients to get the optional call stack parser.
     *
     *  Returns `null` in the event that there is no call stack parser; i.e.,
     *  there is no implementation of this functionality in the current
     *  `{@link Model}` context.
     */
    ICallStack.Instance getICallStackInst();

    /*!
     *  ======== setICallStackInst ========
     *  Called only during Model initialization
     *
     *  This method is called to "bind" an optional stack call stack parser
     *  and is called by the same client that calls 
     * `{@link #start Model.start()}`.
     */
    void setICallStackInst(ICallStack.Instance cs);
    
    /*!
     *  ======== getISymbolTableInst ========
     */
    ISymbolTable.Instance getISymbolTableInst();

    /*!
     *  ======== getMemoryImageInst ========
     */
    function getMemoryImageInst();
    
    /*!
     *  ======== getICallBackInst ========
     */
    ICallBack.Instance getICallBackInst();
    
    /*!
     *  ======== getIOFReaderInst ========
     */
    function getIOFReaderInst();

    /*!
     *  ======== getModuleList ========
     */
    Any getModuleList();
}