TypedPointerType.h

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//===- llvm/IR/TypedPointerType.h - Typed Pointer Type --------------------===//
//
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// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//
// This file contains typed pointer type information. It is separated out into
// a separate file to make it less likely to accidentally use this type.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
#ifndef LLVM_IR_TYPEDPOINTERTYPE_H
#define LLVM_IR_TYPEDPOINTERTYPE_H
 
#include "llvm/IR/Type.h"
#include "llvm/Support/Compiler.h"
 
namespace llvm {
 
/// A few GPU targets, such as DXIL and SPIR-V, have typed pointers. This
/// pointer type abstraction is used for tracking the types of these pointers.
/// It is not legal to use this type, or derived types containing this type, in
/// LLVM IR.
class TypedPointerType : public Type {
  explicit TypedPointerType(Type *ElType, unsigned AddrSpace);
 
  Type *PointeeTy;
 
public:
  TypedPointerType(const TypedPointerType &) = delete;
  TypedPointerType &operator=(const TypedPointerType &) = delete;
 
  /// This constructs a pointer to an object of the specified type in a numbered
  /// address space.
  LLVM_ABI static TypedPointerType *get(Type *ElementType,
                                        unsigned AddressSpace);
 
  /// Return true if the specified type is valid as a element type.
  LLVM_ABI static bool isValidElementType(Type *ElemTy);
 
  /// Return the address space of the Pointer type.
  unsigned getAddressSpace() const { return getSubclassData(); }
 
  Type *getElementType() const { return PointeeTy; }
 
  /// Implement support type inquiry through isa, cast, and dyn_cast.
  static bool classof(const Type *T) {
    return T->getTypeID() == TypedPointerTyID;
  }
};
 
} // namespace llvm
 
#endif // LLVM_IR_TYPEDPOINTERTYPE_H