Package ghidra.pcode.emu

Interface InstructionDecoder

All Known Implementing Classes:
SleighInstructionDecoder
public interface InstructionDecoder
A means of decoding machine instructions from the bytes contained in the machine state

  • Method Details

    • decodeInstruction

      Instruction decodeInstruction(Address address, RegisterValue context)
      Decode the instruction starting at the given address using the given context

      This method cannot return null. If a decode error occurs, it must throw an exception.

      Parameters:
      address - the address to start decoding
      context - the disassembler/decode context
      Returns:
      the instruction

    • branched

      void branched(Address address)
      Inform the decoder that the emulator thread just branched
      Parameters:
      address -

    • getLastInstruction

      Instruction getLastInstruction()
      Get the last instruction decoded
      Returns:
      the instruction

    • getLastLengthWithDelays

      int getLastLengthWithDelays()
      Get the length of the last decoded instruction, including delay slots
      Returns:
      the length