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 *
 * Tokiwa Software GmbH, Germany
 *
 * Source of class Box
 *
 *---------------------------------------------------------------------*/

package dev.flang.ast;

import dev.flang.util.SourcePosition;


/**
 * Box is an expression that copies a value instance into a newly created
 * instance and returns a reference to the new copy.
 *
 * NYI: Box should not be part of AST, but part of the IR.
 *
 * @author Fridtjof Siebert (siebert@tokiwa.software)
 */
public class Box extends Expr
{


  /*----------------------------  variables  ----------------------------*/


  /**
   * the original value instance.
   */
  public Expr _value;


  /**
   * The type of this, set during creation.
   */
  private final AbstractType _type;


  /*--------------------------  constructors  ---------------------------*/


  /**
   * Constructor
   *
   * @param value the value instance
   *
   * @param frmlT formal type the Expr should result in
   */
  public Box(Expr value, AbstractType frmlT)
  {
    if (PRECONDITIONS) require
      (value != null,
       frmlT.isGenericArgument() || frmlT.isThisType() || value.type().isRef().noOrDontKnow() || value.isCallToOuterRef(),
       !(value instanceof Box));

    this._value = value;
    this._type = frmlT;
  }


  /*-----------------------------  methods  -----------------------------*/


  /**
   * The sourcecode position of this expression, used for error messages.
   */
  public SourcePosition pos()
  {
    return _value.pos();
  }


  /**
   * typeForInferencing returns the type of this expression or null if the type is
   * still unknown, i.e., before or during type resolution.  This is redefined
   * by sub-classes of Expr to provide type information.
   *
   * @return this Expr's type or null if not known.
   */
  @Override
  AbstractType typeForInferencing()
  {
    return _type;
  }


  /**
   * visit all the expressions within this feature.
   *
   * @param v the visitor instance that defines an action to be performed on
   * visited objects.
   *
   * @param outer the feature surrounding this expression.
   *
   * @return this.
   */
  public Box visit(FeatureVisitor v, AbstractFeature outer)
  {
    var o = _value;
    _value = _value.visit(v, outer);

    if (CHECKS) check
      (o.type().compareTo(_value.type()) == 0);

    return this;
  }


  /**
   * visit all the expressions within this Box.
   *
   * @param v the visitor instance that defines an action to be performed on
   * visited expressions
   */
  public void visitExpressions(ExpressionVisitor v)
  {
    super.visitExpressions(v);
    _value.visitExpressions(v);
  }


  /**
   * Is the result of this expression boxed?
   */
  @Override
  public boolean isBoxed()
  {
    return true;
  }


  /**
   * toString
   *
   * @return
   */
  public String toString()
  {
    return "box(" + _value + ")";
  }

}

/* end of file */
