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* Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project
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package com.android.dx.io.instructions;
/**
* Cursor over code units, for reading or writing out Dalvik bytecode.
*/
public interface CodeCursor {
/**
* Gets the cursor. The cursor is the offset in code units from
* the start of the input of the next code unit to be read or
* written, where the input generally consists of the code for a
* single method.
*/
public int cursor();
/**
* Gets the base address associated with the current cursor. This
* differs from the cursor value when explicitly set (by {@link
* #setBaseAddress). This is used, in particular, to convey base
* addresses to switch data payload instructions, whose relative
* addresses are relative to the address of a dependant switch
* instruction.
*/
public int baseAddressForCursor();
/**
* Sets the base address for the given target address to be as indicated.
*
* @see #baseAddressForCursor
*/
public void setBaseAddress(int targetAddress, int baseAddress);
}