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/**
 * @author Christian <c@ethdev.com>
 * @date 2015
 * Code generation utils that handle arrays.
 */

#pragma once

namespace dev
{
namespace solidity
{

class CompilerContext;
class Type;
class ArrayType;

/**
 * Class that provides code generation for handling arrays.
 */
class ArrayUtils
{
public:
    ArrayUtils(CompilerContext& _context): m_context(_context) {}

    /// Copies an array to an array in storage. The arrays can be of different types only if
    /// their storage representation is the same.
    /// Stack pre: [source_reference] target_reference
    /// Stack post: target_reference
    void copyArrayToStorage(ArrayType const& _targetType, ArrayType const& _sourceType) const;
    /// Clears the given dynamic or static array.
    /// Stack pre: reference
    /// Stack post:
    void clearArray(ArrayType const& _type) const;
    /// Clears the length and data elements of the array referenced on the stack.
    /// Stack pre: reference
    /// Stack post:
    void clearDynamicArray(ArrayType const& _type) const;
    /// Changes the size of a dynamic array and clears the tail if it is shortened.
    /// Stack pre: reference new_length
    /// Stack post:
    void resizeDynamicArray(ArrayType const& _type) const;
    /// Appends a loop that clears a sequence of storage slots of the given type (excluding end).
    /// Stack pre: end_ref start_ref
    /// Stack post: end_ref
    void clearStorageLoop(Type const& _type) const;
    /// Converts length to size (number of storage slots or calldata/memory bytes).
    /// if @a _pad then add padding to multiples of 32 bytes for calldata/memory.
    /// Stack pre: length
    /// Stack post: size
    void convertLengthToSize(ArrayType const& _arrayType, bool _pad = false) const;
    /// Retrieves the length (number of elements) of the array ref on the stack. This also
    /// works for statically-sized arrays.
    /// Stack pre: reference
    /// Stack post: reference length
    void retrieveLength(ArrayType const& _arrayType) const;

private:
    CompilerContext& m_context;
};

}
}