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package jdk.incubator.foreign;


Represents a type which is addressable. An addressable type is one which can be projected down to a memory address instance (see address()). Examples of addressable types are MemorySegment, MemoryAddress, Symbol and VaList. 
API Note:In the future, if the Java language permits, Addressable may become a sealed interface, which would prohibit subclassing except by explicitly permitted types, such as MemorySegment, MemoryAddress, Symbol and VaList.
Implementation Requirements:
Implementations of this interface are value-based.
/**
 * Represents a type which is <em>addressable</em>. An addressable type is one which can be projected down to
 * a memory address instance (see {@link #address()}). Examples of addressable types are {@link MemorySegment},
 * {@link MemoryAddress}, {@link LibraryLookup.Symbol} and {@link CLinker.VaList}.
 *
 * @apiNote In the future, if the Java language permits, {@link Addressable}
 * may become a {@code sealed} interface, which would prohibit subclassing except by
 * explicitly permitted types, such as {@link MemorySegment}, {@link MemoryAddress}, {@link LibraryLookup.Symbol}
 * and {@link CLinker.VaList}.
 *
 * @implSpec
 * Implementations of this interface are <a href="{@docRoot}/java.base/java/lang/doc-files/ValueBased.html">value-based</a>.
 */
public interface Addressable {
    
Map this object into a MemoryAddress instance. 
Returns:the MemoryAddress instance associated with this object.
/**
     * Map this object into a {@link MemoryAddress} instance.
     * @return the {@link MemoryAddress} instance associated with this object.
     */
    MemoryAddress address();
}