Package ghidra.program.model.lang

Interface CompilerSpec

All Known Implementing Classes:
BasicCompilerSpec, ProgramCompilerSpec
public interface CompilerSpec
Interface for requesting specific information about the compiler used to build a Program being analyzed. Major elements that can be queried include: - AddressSpaces from the Language plus compiler specific ones like "stack" - DataOrganization describing size and alignment of primitive data-types: int, long, pointers, etc. - PrototypeModels describing calling conventions used by the compiler: __stdcall, __thiscall, etc. - InjectPayloads or p-code that can used for - Call-fixups, substituting p-code for compiler bookkeeping functions during analysis. - Callother-fixups, substituting p-code for user-defined p-code operations. - Memory ranges that the compiler treats as global - Context and register values known to the compiler over specific memory ranges

  • Field Details

  • Method Details

    • isUnknownCallingConvention

      static boolean isUnknownCallingConvention(String callingConventionName)
      Determine if the specified calling convention name is treated as the unknown calling convention (blank or {code "unknown"}). Other unrecognized names will return false. This static method does not assume any specific compiler specification.
      Parameters:
      callingConventionName - calling convention name or null
      Returns:
      true if specified name is blank or {code "unknown"}

    • getLanguage

      Language getLanguage()
      Get the Language this compiler spec is based on. Note that compiler specs may be reused across multiple languages in the cspec files on disk, but once loaded in memory are actually separate objects. (M:N on disk, 1:N in memory)
      Returns:
      the language this compiler spec is based on

    • getCompilerSpecDescription

      CompilerSpecDescription getCompilerSpecDescription()
      Returns:
      a brief description of the compiler spec

    • getCompilerSpecID

      CompilerSpecID getCompilerSpecID()
      Returns:
      the id string associated with this compiler spec;

    • getStackPointer

      Register getStackPointer()
      Get the default Stack Pointer register for this language if there is one.
      Returns:
      default stack pointer register.

    • isStackRightJustified

      boolean isStackRightJustified()
      Indicates whether variables are right-justified within the stack alignment.
      Returns:
      true if right stack justification applies.

    • getAddressSpace

      AddressSpace getAddressSpace(String spaceName)
      Get an address space by name. This can be value added over the normal AddressFactory.getAddressSpace routine because the compiler spec can refer to special internal spaces like the stack space
      Parameters:
      spaceName - is the name of the address space
      Returns:
      the corresponding AddressSpace object

    • getStackSpace

      AddressSpace getStackSpace()
      Get the stack address space defined by this specification
      Returns:
      stack address space

    • getStackBaseSpace

      AddressSpace getStackBaseSpace()
      Get the physical space used for stack data storage
      Returns:
      address space which contains the stack

    • stackGrowsNegative

      boolean stackGrowsNegative()
      Returns:
      true if the stack grows with negative offsets

    • applyContextSettings

      void applyContextSettings(DefaultProgramContext ctx)
      Apply context settings to the ProgramContext as specified by the configuration
      Parameters:
      ctx - is the ProgramContext

    • getCallingConventions

      PrototypeModel[] getCallingConventions()
      Returns:
      an array of the prototype models. Each prototype model specifies a calling convention.

    • getCallingConvention

      PrototypeModel getCallingConvention(String name)
      Returns the Calling Convention Model with the given name.
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the calling convention to retrieve
      Returns:
      the calling convention with the given name or null if there is none with that name.

    • getAllModels

      PrototypeModel[] getAllModels()
      Returns:
      all possible PrototypeModels, including calling conventions and merge models

    • getDefaultCallingConvention

      PrototypeModel getDefaultCallingConvention()
      Returns the prototype model that is the default calling convention or else null.
      Returns:
      the default calling convention or null.

    • getDecompilerOutputLanguage

      DecompilerLanguage getDecompilerOutputLanguage()
      Get the language that the decompiler produces
      Returns:
      an enum specifying the language

    • getPrototypeEvaluationModel

      PrototypeModel getPrototypeEvaluationModel(CompilerSpec.EvaluationModelType modelType)
      Get the evaluation model matching the given type. If analysis needs to apply a PrototypeModel to a function but a specific model is not known, then this method can be used to select a putative PrototypeModel based on the analysis use-case: - EVAL_CURRENT indicates the model to use for the "current function" being analyzed - EVAL_CALLED indicates the model to use for a function called by the current function
      Parameters:
      modelType - is the type of evaluation model
      Returns:
      prototype evaluation model

    • isGlobal

      boolean isGlobal(Address addr)
      Parameters:
      addr - is the (start of the) storage location
      Returns:
      true if the specified storage location has been designated "global" in scope

    • getDataOrganization

      DataOrganization getDataOrganization()

    • getPcodeInjectLibrary

      PcodeInjectLibrary getPcodeInjectLibrary()

    • matchConvention

      PrototypeModel matchConvention(String conventionName)
      Get the PrototypeModel which corresponds to the given calling convention name. If no match is found the default prototype model is returned.
      Parameters:
      conventionName - calling convention name.
      Returns:
      the matching model or the defaultModel if nothing matches

    • findBestCallingConvention

      PrototypeModel findBestCallingConvention(Parameter[] params)
      Find the best guess at a calling convention model from this compiler spec given an ordered list of (potential) parameters with storage assignments.
      Parameters:
      params - is the ordered list of parameters
      Returns:
      prototype model corresponding to the specified function signature

    • hasProperty

      boolean hasProperty(String key)
      Returns whether this language has a property defined.
      Parameters:
      key - the property key
      Returns:
      if the property is defined

    • doesCDataTypeConversions

      boolean doesCDataTypeConversions()
      Return true if function prototypes respect the C-language data-type conversion conventions. This amounts to converting array data-types to pointer-to-element data-types. In C, arrays are passed by reference (structures are still passed by value)
      Returns:
      if the prototype does C-language data-type conversions

    • getPropertyAsInt

      int getPropertyAsInt(String key, int defaultInt)
      Gets the value of a property as an int, returning defaultInt if undefined.
      Parameters:
      key - the property key
      defaultInt - the default value to return if property is undefined
      Returns:
      the property value as an int, or the default value if undefined

    • getPropertyAsBoolean

      boolean getPropertyAsBoolean(String key, boolean defaultBoolean)
      Gets the value of a property as a boolean, returning defaultBoolean if undefined.
      Parameters:
      key - the property key
      defaultBoolean - the default value to return if property is undefined
      Returns:
      the property value as a boolean, or the default value if undefined

    • getProperty

      String getProperty(String key, String defaultString)
      Gets the value of a property as a String, returning defaultString if undefined.
      Parameters:
      key - the property key
      defaultString - the default value to return if property is undefined
      Returns:
      the property value as a String, or the default value if undefined

    • getProperty

      String getProperty(String key)
      Gets a property defined for this language, or null if that property isn't defined.
      Parameters:
      key - the property key
      Returns:
      the property value, or null if not defined

    • getPropertyKeys

      Set<String> getPropertyKeys()
      Returns a read-only set view of the property keys defined on this language.
      Returns:
      read-only set of property keys

    • encode

      void encode(Encoder encoder) throws IOException
      Encode this entire specification to a stream. A document is written with root element \.
      Parameters:
      encoder - is the stream encoder
      Throws:
      IOException - for errors writing to the underlying stream

    • isEquivalent

      boolean isEquivalent(CompilerSpec obj)
      Determine if this CompilerSpec is equivalent to another specified instance
      Parameters:
      obj - is the other instance
      Returns:
      true if they are equivalent