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package sun.jvm.hotspot.debugger;

import sun.jvm.hotspot.debugger.cdbg.*;

This is a placeholder interface for a thread's context, containing only integer registers (no floating-point ones). What it contains is platform-dependent. Not all registers are guaranteed to be present in the context or read from the target process in all situations. However, the routines in it are exposed to allow platform-independent iteration.
/** This is a placeholder interface for a thread's context, containing only integer registers (no floating-point ones). What it contains is platform-dependent. Not all registers are guaranteed to be present in the context or read from the target process in all situations. However, the routines in it are exposed to allow platform-independent iteration. */
public interface ThreadContext {
Number of integer registers in the context
/** Number of integer registers in the context */
public int getNumRegisters();
Get the name of the specified register (0..getNumRegisters() - 1)
/** Get the name of the specified register (0..getNumRegisters() - 1) */
public String getRegisterName(int i);
Get the value of the specified register (0..getNumRegisters() - 1)
/** Get the value of the specified register (0..getNumRegisters() - 1) */
public long getRegister(int index);
Set the value of the specified register (0..getNumRegisters() - 1)
/** Set the value of the specified register (0..getNumRegisters() - 1) */
public void setRegister(int index, long value);
Get the value of the specified register (0..getNumRegisters() - 1) as an Address
/** Get the value of the specified register (0..getNumRegisters() - 1) as an Address */
public Address getRegisterAsAddress(int index);
Set the value of the specified register (0..getNumRegisters() - 1) as an Address
/** Set the value of the specified register (0..getNumRegisters() - 1) as an Address */
public void setRegisterAsAddress(int index, Address value); public CFrame getTopFrame(Debugger dbg); }