llvm-mirror/include/llvm/Assembly/Parser.h

//===-- llvm/Assembly/Parser.h - Parser for VM assembly files ---*- C++ -*-===//
//
//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
//
// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
//
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//
//  These classes are implemented by the lib/AsmParser library.
//
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#ifndef LLVM_ASSEMBLY_PARSER_H
#define LLVM_ASSEMBLY_PARSER_H

#include <string>

namespace llvm {

class Module;
class MemoryBuffer;
class SMDiagnostic;
class raw_ostream;
class LLVMContext;

/// This function is the main interface to the LLVM Assembly Parser. It parses
/// an ASCII file that (presumably) contains LLVM Assembly code. It returns a
/// Module (intermediate representation) with the corresponding features. Note
/// that this does not verify that the generated Module is valid, so you should
/// run the verifier after parsing the file to check that it is okay.
/// @brief Parse LLVM Assembly from a file
Module *ParseAssemblyFile(
  const std::string &Filename, ///< The name of the file to parse
  SMDiagnostic &Error,         ///< Error result info.
  LLVMContext &Context         ///< Context in which to allocate globals info.
);

/// The function is a secondary interface to the LLVM Assembly Parser. It parses
/// an ASCII string that (presumably) contains LLVM Assembly code. It returns a
/// Module (intermediate representation) with the corresponding features. Note
/// that this does not verify that the generated Module is valid, so you should
/// run the verifier after parsing the file to check that it is okay.
/// @brief Parse LLVM Assembly from a string
Module *ParseAssemblyString(
  const char *AsmString, ///< The string containing assembly
  Module *M,             ///< A module to add the assembly too.
  SMDiagnostic &Error,   ///< Error result info.
  LLVMContext &Context
);

/// This function is the low-level interface to the LLVM Assembly Parser.
/// ParseAssemblyFile and ParseAssemblyString are wrappers around this function.
/// @brief Parse LLVM Assembly from a MemoryBuffer. This function *always*
/// takes ownership of the MemoryBuffer.
Module *ParseAssembly(
    MemoryBuffer *F,     ///< The MemoryBuffer containing assembly
    Module *M,           ///< A module to add the assembly too.
    SMDiagnostic &Err,   ///< Error result info.
    LLVMContext &Context
);

} // End llvm namespace

#endif