drlvm/vm/vmcore/include/vm_import.h

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//
// These are the functions that modules like JIT and GC provide for the core VM.
//

#ifndef _VM_IMPORT_H
#define _VM_IMPORT_H



#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif


// Return a string representing the kind of the module.
// Today one of two return values is expected "GC" or "JIT" to identify
// a GC and a JIT module respectively.
VMIMPORT const char *get_module_kind();



// A human-friendly name of the module, e.g. "JITRINO", "IA-32 O0 JIT",
// "DRL GC V4".
VMIMPORT const char *get_module_name();



// A version string that will be printed along with the module name
// when the VM is invoked with the -version command line argument.
// The format is up to the component, e.g., "v 3.12.1.6", "Build 3278", or
// "2003-01-30".
VMIMPORT const char *get_module_version();



// Returns the string identifying the required version of the interface.
// In our simple versioning model, we assume that all component interfaces
// are indentified by the same string.  This function will be used to prevent
// the use of a component that uses an outdated interface.
// In the future we may consider a more elaborate versioning scheme but
// for now we use this simple scheme.
VMIMPORT const char *get_required_interface_version();




#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif


#endif // _VM_IMPORT_H