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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ART_COMPILER_OPTIMIZING_BYTECODE_UTILS_H_
+#define ART_COMPILER_OPTIMIZING_BYTECODE_UTILS_H_
+
+#include "base/arena_object.h"
+#include "dex_file.h"
+#include "dex_file-inl.h"
+#include "dex_instruction-inl.h"
+
+namespace art {
+
+class CodeItemIterator : public ValueObject {
+ public:
+  CodeItemIterator(const DexFile::CodeItem& code_item, uint32_t start_dex_pc = 0u)
+      : code_ptr_(code_item.insns_ + start_dex_pc),
+        code_end_(code_item.insns_ + code_item.insns_size_in_code_units_),
+        dex_pc_(start_dex_pc) {}
+
+  bool Done() const { return code_ptr_ >= code_end_; }
+  bool IsLast() const { return code_ptr_ + CurrentInstruction().SizeInCodeUnits() >= code_end_; }
+
+  const Instruction& CurrentInstruction() const { return *Instruction::At(code_ptr_); }
+  uint32_t CurrentDexPc() const { return dex_pc_; }
+
+  void Advance() {
+    DCHECK(!Done());
+    size_t instruction_size = CurrentInstruction().SizeInCodeUnits();
+    code_ptr_ += instruction_size;
+    dex_pc_ += instruction_size;
+  }
+
+ private:
+  const uint16_t* code_ptr_;
+  const uint16_t* const code_end_;
+  uint32_t dex_pc_;
+
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(CodeItemIterator);
+};
+
+class DexSwitchTable : public ValueObject {
+ public:
+  DexSwitchTable(const Instruction& instruction, uint32_t dex_pc)
+      : instruction_(instruction),
+        dex_pc_(dex_pc),
+        sparse_(instruction.Opcode() == Instruction::SPARSE_SWITCH) {
+    int32_t table_offset = instruction.VRegB_31t();
+    const uint16_t* table = reinterpret_cast<const uint16_t*>(&instruction) + table_offset;
+    DCHECK_EQ(table[0], sparse_ ? static_cast<uint16_t>(Instruction::kSparseSwitchSignature)
+                                : static_cast<uint16_t>(Instruction::kPackedSwitchSignature));
+    num_entries_ = table[1];
+    values_ = reinterpret_cast<const int32_t*>(&table[2]);
+  }
+
+  uint16_t GetNumEntries() const {
+    return num_entries_;
+  }
+
+  void CheckIndex(size_t index) const {
+    if (sparse_) {
+      // In a sparse table, we have num_entries_ keys and num_entries_ values, in that order.
+      DCHECK_LT(index, 2 * static_cast<size_t>(num_entries_));
+    } else {
+      // In a packed table, we have the starting key and num_entries_ values.
+      DCHECK_LT(index, 1 + static_cast<size_t>(num_entries_));
+    }
+  }
+
+  int32_t GetEntryAt(size_t index) const {
+    CheckIndex(index);
+    return values_[index];
+  }
+
+  uint32_t GetDexPcForIndex(size_t index) const {
+    CheckIndex(index);
+    return dex_pc_ +
+        (reinterpret_cast<const int16_t*>(values_ + index) -
+         reinterpret_cast<const int16_t*>(&instruction_));
+  }
+
+  // Index of the first value in the table.
+  size_t GetFirstValueIndex() const {
+    if (sparse_) {
+      // In a sparse table, we have num_entries_ keys and num_entries_ values, in that order.
+      return num_entries_;
+    } else {
+      // In a packed table, we have the starting key and num_entries_ values.
+      return 1;
+    }
+  }
+
+  bool IsSparse() const { return sparse_; }
+
+  bool ShouldBuildDecisionTree() {
+    return IsSparse() || GetNumEntries() <= kSmallSwitchThreshold;
+  }
+
+ private:
+  const Instruction& instruction_;
+  const uint32_t dex_pc_;
+
+  // Whether this is a sparse-switch table (or a packed-switch one).
+  const bool sparse_;
+
+  // This can't be const as it needs to be computed off of the given instruction, and complicated
+  // expressions in the initializer list seemed very ugly.
+  uint16_t num_entries_;
+
+  const int32_t* values_;
+
+  // The number of entries in a packed switch before we use a jump table or specified
+  // compare/jump series.
+  static constexpr uint16_t kSmallSwitchThreshold = 3;
+
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(DexSwitchTable);
+};
+
+class DexSwitchTableIterator {
+ public:
+  explicit DexSwitchTableIterator(const DexSwitchTable& table)
+      : table_(table),
+        num_entries_(static_cast<size_t>(table_.GetNumEntries())),
+        first_target_offset_(table_.GetFirstValueIndex()),
+        index_(0u) {}
+
+  bool Done() const { return index_ >= num_entries_; }
+  bool IsLast() const { return index_ == num_entries_ - 1; }
+
+  void Advance() {
+    DCHECK(!Done());
+    index_++;
+  }
+
+  int32_t CurrentKey() const {
+    return table_.IsSparse() ? table_.GetEntryAt(index_) : table_.GetEntryAt(0) + index_;
+  }
+
+  int32_t CurrentTargetOffset() const {
+    return table_.GetEntryAt(index_ + first_target_offset_);
+  }
+
+  uint32_t GetDexPcForCurrentIndex() const { return table_.GetDexPcForIndex(index_); }
+
+ private:
+  const DexSwitchTable& table_;
+  const size_t num_entries_;
+  const size_t first_target_offset_;
+
+  size_t index_;
+};
+
+inline const Instruction& GetDexInstructionAt(const DexFile::CodeItem& code_item, uint32_t dex_pc) {
+  return CodeItemIterator(code_item, dex_pc).CurrentInstruction();
+}
+
+inline bool IsThrowingDexInstruction(const Instruction& instruction) {
+  // Special-case MONITOR_EXIT which is a throwing instruction but the verifier
+  // guarantees that it will never throw. This is necessary to avoid rejecting
+  // 'synchronized' blocks/methods.
+  return instruction.IsThrow() && instruction.Opcode() != Instruction::MONITOR_EXIT;
+}
+
+}  // namespace art
+
+#endif  // ART_COMPILER_OPTIMIZING_BYTECODE_UTILS_H_