2003-04-09 Miguel de Icaza <miguel@ximian.com>
[mono.git] / mcs / mcs / decl.cs
1 //
2 // decl.cs: Declaration base class for structs, classes, enums and interfaces.
3 //
4 // Author: Miguel de Icaza (miguel@gnu.org)
5 //
6 // Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL
7 //
8 // (C) 2001 Ximian, Inc (http://www.ximian.com)
9 //
10 // TODO: Move the method verification stuff from the class.cs and interface.cs here
11 //
12
13 using System;
14 using System.Collections;
15 using System.Reflection.Emit;
16 using System.Reflection;
17
18 namespace Mono.CSharp {
19
20         /// <summary>
21         ///   Base representation for members.  This is only used to keep track
22         ///   of Name, Location and Modifier flags.
23         /// </summary>
24         public abstract class MemberCore {
25                 /// <summary>
26                 ///   Public name
27                 /// </summary>
28                 public string Name;
29
30                 /// <summary>
31                 ///   Modifier flags that the user specified in the source code
32                 /// </summary>
33                 public int ModFlags;
34
35                 /// <summary>
36                 ///   Location where this declaration happens
37                 /// </summary>
38                 public readonly Location Location;
39
40                 public MemberCore (string name, Location loc)
41                 {
42                         Name = name;
43                         Location = loc;
44                 }
45
46                 protected void WarningNotHiding (TypeContainer parent)
47                 {
48                         Report.Warning (
49                                 109, Location,
50                                 "The member " + parent.MakeName (Name) + " does not hide an " +
51                                 "inherited member.  The keyword new is not required");
52                                                            
53                 }
54
55                 void Error_CannotChangeAccessModifiers (TypeContainer parent, MethodInfo parent_method,
56                                                         string name)
57                 {
58                         //
59                         // FIXME: report the old/new permissions?
60                         //
61                         Report.Error (
62                                 507, Location, parent.MakeName (Name) +
63                                 ": can't change the access modifiers when overriding inherited " +
64                                 "member `" + name + "'");
65                 }
66                 
67                 //
68                 // Performs various checks on the MethodInfo `mb' regarding the modifier flags
69                 // that have been defined.
70                 //
71                 // `name' is the user visible name for reporting errors (this is used to
72                 // provide the right name regarding method names and properties)
73                 //
74                 protected bool CheckMethodAgainstBase (TypeContainer parent, MethodAttributes my_attrs,
75                                                        MethodInfo mb, string name)
76                 {
77                         bool ok = true;
78                         
79                         if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.OVERRIDE) != 0){
80                                 if (!(mb.IsAbstract || mb.IsVirtual)){
81                                         Report.Error (
82                                                 506, Location, parent.MakeName (Name) +
83                                                 ": cannot override inherited member `" +
84                                                 name + "' because it is not " +
85                                                 "virtual, abstract or override");
86                                         ok = false;
87                                 }
88                                 
89                                 // Now we check that the overriden method is not final
90                                 
91                                 if (mb.IsFinal) {
92                                         Report.Error (239, Location, parent.MakeName (Name) + " : cannot " +
93                                                       "override inherited member `" + name +
94                                                       "' because it is sealed.");
95                                         ok = false;
96                                 }
97                                 //
98                                 // Check that the permissions are not being changed
99                                 //
100                                 MethodAttributes thisp = my_attrs & MethodAttributes.MemberAccessMask;
101                                 MethodAttributes parentp = mb.Attributes & MethodAttributes.MemberAccessMask;
102
103                                 //
104                                 // special case for "protected internal"
105                                 //
106
107                                 if ((parentp & MethodAttributes.FamORAssem) == MethodAttributes.FamORAssem){
108                                         //
109                                         // when overriding protected internal, the method can be declared
110                                         // protected internal only within the same assembly
111                                         //
112
113                                         if ((thisp & MethodAttributes.FamORAssem) == MethodAttributes.FamORAssem){
114                                                 if (parent.TypeBuilder.Assembly != mb.DeclaringType.Assembly){
115                                                         //
116                                                         // assemblies differ - report an error
117                                                         //
118                                                         
119                                                         Error_CannotChangeAccessModifiers (parent, mb, name);
120                                                     ok = false;
121                                                 } else if (thisp != parentp) {
122                                                         //
123                                                         // same assembly, but other attributes differ - report an error
124                                                         //
125                                                         
126                                                         Error_CannotChangeAccessModifiers (parent, mb, name);
127                                                         ok = false;
128                                                 };
129                                         } else if ((thisp & MethodAttributes.Family) != MethodAttributes.Family) {
130                                                 //
131                                                 // if it's not "protected internal", it must be "protected"
132                                                 //
133
134                                                 Error_CannotChangeAccessModifiers (parent, mb, name);
135                                                 ok = false;
136                                         } else if (parent.TypeBuilder.Assembly == mb.DeclaringType.Assembly) {
137                                                 //
138                                                 // protected within the same assembly - an error
139                                                 //
140                                                 Error_CannotChangeAccessModifiers (parent, mb, name);
141                                                 ok = false;
142                                         } else if ((thisp & ~(MethodAttributes.Family | MethodAttributes.FamORAssem)) != 
143                                                    (parentp & ~(MethodAttributes.Family | MethodAttributes.FamORAssem))) {
144                                                 //
145                                                 // protected ok, but other attributes differ - report an error
146                                                 //
147                                                 Error_CannotChangeAccessModifiers (parent, mb, name);
148                                                 ok = false;
149                                         }
150                                 } else {
151                                         if (thisp != parentp){
152                                                 Error_CannotChangeAccessModifiers (parent, mb, name);
153                                                 ok = false;
154                                         }
155                                 }
156                         }
157
158                         if (mb.IsVirtual || mb.IsAbstract){
159                                 if ((ModFlags & (Modifiers.NEW | Modifiers.OVERRIDE)) == 0){
160                                         if (Name != "Finalize"){
161                                                 Report.Warning (
162                                                         114, 2, Location, parent.MakeName (Name) + 
163                                                         " hides inherited member `" + name +
164                                                         "'.  To make the current member override that " +
165                                                         "implementation, add the override keyword, " +
166                                                         "otherwise use the new keyword");
167                                                 ModFlags |= Modifiers.NEW;
168                                         }
169                                 }
170                         } else {
171                                 if ((ModFlags & (Modifiers.NEW | Modifiers.OVERRIDE)) == 0){
172                                         if (Name != "Finalize"){
173                                                 Report.Warning (
174                                                         108, 1, Location, "The keyword new is required on " +
175                                                         parent.MakeName (Name) + " because it hides " +
176                                                         "inherited member `" + name + "'");
177                                                 ModFlags |= Modifiers.NEW;
178                                         }
179                                 }
180                         }
181
182                         return ok;
183                 }
184
185                 public abstract bool Define (TypeContainer parent);
186
187                 // 
188                 // Whehter is it ok to use an unsafe pointer in this type container
189                 //
190                 public bool UnsafeOK (DeclSpace parent)
191                 {
192                         //
193                         // First check if this MemberCore modifier flags has unsafe set
194                         //
195                         if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.UNSAFE) != 0)
196                                 return true;
197
198                         if (parent.UnsafeContext)
199                                 return true;
200
201                         Expression.UnsafeError (Location);
202                         return false;
203                 }
204         }
205
206         //
207         // FIXME: This is temporary outside DeclSpace, because I have to fix a bug
208         // in MCS that makes it fail the lookup for the enum
209         //
210
211                 /// <summary>
212                 ///   The result value from adding an declaration into
213                 ///   a struct or a class
214                 /// </summary>
215                 public enum AdditionResult {
216                         /// <summary>
217                         /// The declaration has been successfully
218                         /// added to the declation space.
219                         /// </summary>
220                         Success,
221
222                         /// <summary>
223                         ///   The symbol has already been defined.
224                         /// </summary>
225                         NameExists,
226
227                         /// <summary>
228                         ///   Returned if the declation being added to the
229                         ///   name space clashes with its container name.
230                         ///
231                         ///   The only exceptions for this are constructors
232                         ///   and static constructors
233                         /// </summary>
234                         EnclosingClash,
235
236                         /// <summary>
237                         ///   Returned if a constructor was created (because syntactically
238                         ///   it looked like a constructor) but was not (because the name
239                         ///   of the method is not the same as the container class
240                         /// </summary>
241                         NotAConstructor,
242
243                         /// <summary>
244                         ///   This is only used by static constructors to emit the
245                         ///   error 111, but this error for other things really
246                         ///   happens at another level for other functions.
247                         /// </summary>
248                         MethodExists
249                 }
250
251         /// <summary>
252         ///   Base class for structs, classes, enumerations and interfaces.  
253         /// </summary>
254         /// <remarks>
255         ///   They all create new declaration spaces.  This
256         ///   provides the common foundation for managing those name
257         ///   spaces.
258         /// </remarks>
259         public abstract class DeclSpace : MemberCore {
260                 /// <summary>
261                 ///   this points to the actual definition that is being
262                 ///   created with System.Reflection.Emit
263                 /// </summary>
264                 public TypeBuilder TypeBuilder;
265
266                 /// <summary>
267                 ///   This variable tracks whether we have Closed the type
268                 /// </summary>
269                 public bool Created = false;
270                 
271                 //
272                 // This is the namespace in which this typecontainer
273                 // was declared.  We use this to resolve names.
274                 //
275                 public Namespace Namespace;
276
277                 public Hashtable Cache = new Hashtable ();
278                 
279                 public string Basename;
280                 
281                 /// <summary>
282                 ///   defined_names is used for toplevel objects
283                 /// </summary>
284                 protected Hashtable defined_names;
285
286                 TypeContainer parent;           
287
288                 public DeclSpace (TypeContainer parent, string name, Location l)
289                         : base (name, l)
290                 {
291                         Basename = name.Substring (1 + name.LastIndexOf ('.'));
292                         defined_names = new Hashtable ();
293                         this.parent = parent;
294                 }
295
296                 /// <summary>
297                 ///   Returns a status code based purely on the name
298                 ///   of the member being added
299                 /// </summary>
300                 protected AdditionResult IsValid (string name)
301                 {
302                         if (name == Basename)
303                                 return AdditionResult.EnclosingClash;
304
305                         if (defined_names.Contains (name))
306                                 return AdditionResult.NameExists;
307
308                         return AdditionResult.Success;
309                 }
310
311                 public static int length;
312                 public static int small;
313                 
314                 /// <summary>
315                 ///   Introduce @name into this declaration space and
316                 ///   associates it with the object @o.  Note that for
317                 ///   methods this will just point to the first method. o
318                 /// </summary>
319                 protected void DefineName (string name, object o)
320                 {
321                         defined_names.Add (name, o);
322
323 #if DEBUGME
324                         int p = name.LastIndexOf (".");
325                         int l = name.Length;
326                         length += l;
327                         small += l -p;
328 #endif
329                 }
330
331                 /// <summary>
332                 ///   Returns the object associated with a given name in the declaration
333                 ///   space.  This is the inverse operation of `DefineName'
334                 /// </summary>
335                 public object GetDefinition (string name)
336                 {
337                         return defined_names [name];
338                 }
339                 
340                 bool in_transit = false;
341                 
342                 /// <summary>
343                 ///   This function is used to catch recursive definitions
344                 ///   in declarations.
345                 /// </summary>
346                 public bool InTransit {
347                         get {
348                                 return in_transit;
349                         }
350
351                         set {
352                                 in_transit = value;
353                         }
354                 }
355
356                 public TypeContainer Parent {
357                         get {
358                                 return parent;
359                         }
360                 }
361
362                 /// <summary>
363                 ///   Looks up the alias for the name
364                 /// </summary>
365                 public string LookupAlias (string name)
366                 {
367                         if (Namespace != null)
368                                 return Namespace.LookupAlias (name);
369                         else
370                                 return null;
371                 }
372                 
373                 // 
374                 // root_types contains all the types.  All TopLevel types
375                 // hence have a parent that points to `root_types', that is
376                 // why there is a non-obvious test down here.
377                 //
378                 public bool IsTopLevel {
379                         get {
380                                 if (parent != null){
381                                         if (parent.parent == null)
382                                                 return true;
383                                 }
384                                 return false;
385                         }
386                 }
387
388                 public virtual void CloseType ()
389                 {
390                         if (!Created){
391                                 try {
392                                         TypeBuilder.CreateType ();
393                                 } catch {
394                                         //
395                                         // The try/catch is needed because
396                                         // nested enumerations fail to load when they
397                                         // are defined.
398                                         //
399                                         // Even if this is the right order (enumerations
400                                         // declared after types).
401                                         //
402                                         // Note that this still creates the type and
403                                         // it is possible to save it
404                                 }
405                                 Created = true;
406                         }
407                 }
408
409                 /// <remarks>
410                 ///  Should be overriten by the appropriate declaration space
411                 /// <remarks>
412                 public abstract TypeBuilder DefineType ();
413                 
414                 /// <summary>
415                 ///   Define all members, but don't apply any attributes or do anything which may
416                 ///   access not-yet-defined classes.  This method also creates the MemberCache.
417                 /// </summary>
418                 public abstract bool DefineMembers (TypeContainer parent);
419
420                 //
421                 // Whether this is an `unsafe context'
422                 //
423                 public bool UnsafeContext {
424                         get {
425                                 if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.UNSAFE) != 0)
426                                         return true;
427                                 if (parent != null)
428                                         return parent.UnsafeContext;
429                                 return false;
430                         }
431                 }
432
433                 public static string MakeFQN (string nsn, string name)
434                 {
435                         if (nsn == "")
436                                 return name;
437                         return String.Concat (nsn, ".", name);
438                 }
439
440                 EmitContext type_resolve_ec;
441                 EmitContext GetTypeResolveEmitContext (TypeContainer parent, Location loc)
442                 {
443                         type_resolve_ec = new EmitContext (parent, this, loc, null, null, ModFlags, false);
444                         type_resolve_ec.ResolvingTypeTree = true;
445
446                         return type_resolve_ec;
447                 }
448
449                 // <summary>
450                 //    Looks up the type, as parsed into the expression `e' 
451                 // </summary>
452                 public Type ResolveType (Expression e, bool silent, Location loc)
453                 {
454                         if (type_resolve_ec == null)
455                                 type_resolve_ec = GetTypeResolveEmitContext (parent, loc);
456                         type_resolve_ec.loc = loc;
457                         type_resolve_ec.ContainerType = TypeBuilder;
458
459                         int errors = Report.Errors;
460                         Expression d = e.Resolve (type_resolve_ec, ResolveFlags.Type);
461                         
462                         if (d == null || d.eclass != ExprClass.Type){
463                                 if (!silent && errors == Report.Errors){
464                                         Report.Error (246, loc, "Cannot find type `"+ e.ToString () +"'");
465                                 }
466                                 return null;
467                         }
468
469                         if (!CheckAccessLevel (d.Type)) {
470                                 Report. Error (122, "`" + d.Type + "' " +
471                                        "is inaccessible because of its protection level");
472                                 return null;
473                         }
474
475                         return d.Type;
476                 }
477
478                 // <summary>
479                 //    Resolves the expression `e' for a type, and will recursively define
480                 //    types. 
481                 // </summary>
482                 public Expression ResolveTypeExpr (Expression e, bool silent, Location loc)
483                 {
484                         if (type_resolve_ec == null)
485                                 type_resolve_ec = GetTypeResolveEmitContext (parent, loc);
486
487                         Expression d = e.Resolve (type_resolve_ec, ResolveFlags.Type);
488                          
489                         if (d == null || d.eclass != ExprClass.Type){
490                                 if (!silent){
491                                         Report.Error (246, loc, "Cannot find type `"+ e +"'");
492                                 }
493                                 return null;
494                         }
495
496                         return d;
497                 }
498                 
499                 bool CheckAccessLevel (Type check_type) 
500                 {
501                         //
502                         // Broken Microsoft runtime, return public for arrays, no matter what 
503                         // the accessibility is for their underlying class
504                         //
505                         if (check_type.IsPublic){
506                                 if (check_type.IsArray)
507                                         return CheckAccessLevel (check_type.GetElementType ());
508                                 
509                                 return true;
510                         }
511                         
512                         if (check_type.IsNestedPublic)
513                                 return true;
514                         
515                         if (check_type.Assembly == TypeBuilder.Assembly)
516                                 return true;
517
518                         //
519                         // Broken Microsoft runtime: They set the accessibility of
520                         // pointers to NonPublic, even if their ElementType is accessible
521                         // in some form.
522                         //
523                         if (check_type.IsPointer)
524                                 return CheckAccessLevel (check_type.GetElementType ());
525                         
526                         return false;
527
528                 }
529
530
531                 Type LookupInterfaceOrClass (string ns, string name, out bool error)
532                 {
533                         DeclSpace parent;
534                         Type t;
535
536                         error = false;
537                         name = MakeFQN (ns, name);
538                         
539                         t  = TypeManager.LookupType (name);
540                         if (t != null)
541                                 return t;
542
543                         parent = (DeclSpace) RootContext.Tree.Decls [name];
544                         if (parent == null)
545                                 return null;
546                         
547                         t = parent.DefineType ();
548                         if (t == null){
549                                 Report.Error (146, Location, "Class definition is circular: `"+name+"'");
550                                 error = true;
551                                 return null;
552                         }
553                         return t;
554                 }
555
556                 public static void Error_AmbiguousTypeReference (Location loc, string name, Type t1, Type t2)
557                 {
558                         Report.Error (104, loc,
559                                       String.Format ("`{0}' is an ambiguous reference ({1} or {2}) ", name,
560                                                      t1.FullName, t2.FullName));
561                 }
562
563                 /// <summary>
564                 ///   GetType is used to resolve type names at the DeclSpace level.
565                 ///   Use this to lookup class/struct bases, interface bases or 
566                 ///   delegate type references
567                 /// </summary>
568                 ///
569                 /// <remarks>
570                 ///   Contrast this to LookupType which is used inside method bodies to 
571                 ///   lookup types that have already been defined.  GetType is used
572                 ///   during the tree resolution process and potentially define
573                 ///   recursively the type
574                 /// </remarks>
575                 public Type FindType (Location loc, string name)
576                 {
577                         Type t;
578                         bool error;
579
580                         //
581                         // For the case the type we are looking for is nested within this one
582                         // or is in any base class
583                         //
584                         DeclSpace containing_ds = this;
585
586                         while (containing_ds != null){
587                                 Type current_type = containing_ds.TypeBuilder;
588
589                                 while (current_type != null) {
590                                         string pre = current_type.FullName;
591
592                                         t = LookupInterfaceOrClass (pre, name, out error);
593                                         if (error)
594                                                 return null;
595                                 
596                                         if (t != null) 
597                                                 return t;
598
599                                         current_type = current_type.BaseType;
600                                 }
601                                 containing_ds = containing_ds.Parent;
602                         }
603                         
604                         //
605                         // Attempt to lookup the class on our namespace and all it's implicit parents
606                         //
607                         for (string ns = Namespace.Name; ns != null; ns = RootContext.ImplicitParent (ns)) {
608
609                                 t = LookupInterfaceOrClass (ns, name, out error);
610                                 if (error)
611                                         return null;
612                                 
613                                 if (t != null) 
614                                         return t;
615                         }
616                         
617                         //
618                         // Attempt to do a direct unqualified lookup
619                         //
620                         t = LookupInterfaceOrClass ("", name, out error);
621                         if (error)
622                                 return null;
623                         
624                         if (t != null)
625                                 return t;
626                         
627                         //
628                         // Attempt to lookup the class on any of the `using'
629                         // namespaces
630                         //
631
632                         for (Namespace ns = Namespace; ns != null; ns = ns.Parent){
633
634                                 t = LookupInterfaceOrClass (ns.Name, name, out error);
635                                 if (error)
636                                         return null;
637
638                                 if (t != null)
639                                         return t;
640
641                                 //
642                                 // Now check the using clause list
643                                 //
644                                 ArrayList using_list = ns.UsingTable;
645                                 
646                                 if (using_list == null)
647                                         continue;
648
649                                 Type match = null;
650                                 foreach (Namespace.UsingEntry ue in using_list){
651                                         match = LookupInterfaceOrClass (ue.Name, name, out error);
652                                         if (error)
653                                                 return null;
654
655                                         if (match != null){
656                                                 if (t != null){
657                                                         Error_AmbiguousTypeReference (loc, name, t, match);
658                                                         return null;
659                                                 }
660                                                 
661                                                 t = match;
662                                                 ue.Used = true;
663                                         }
664                                 }
665                                 if (t != null)
666                                         return t;
667                         }
668
669                         //Report.Error (246, Location, "Can not find type `"+name+"'");
670                         return null;
671                 }
672
673                 /// <remarks>
674                 ///   This function is broken and not what you're looking for.  It should only
675                 ///   be used while the type is still being created since it doesn't use the cache
676                 ///   and relies on the filter doing the member name check.
677                 /// </remarks>
678                 public abstract MemberList FindMembers (MemberTypes mt, BindingFlags bf,
679                                                         MemberFilter filter, object criteria);
680
681                 /// <remarks>
682                 ///   If we have a MemberCache, return it.  This property may return null if the
683                 ///   class doesn't have a member cache or while it's still being created.
684                 /// </remarks>
685                 public abstract MemberCache MemberCache {
686                         get;
687                 }
688         }
689
690         /// <summary>
691         ///   This is a readonly list of MemberInfo's.      
692         /// </summary>
693         public class MemberList : IList {
694                 public readonly IList List;
695                 int count;
696
697                 /// <summary>
698                 ///   Create a new MemberList from the given IList.
699                 /// </summary>
700                 public MemberList (IList list)
701                 {
702                         if (list != null)
703                                 this.List = list;
704                         else
705                                 this.List = new ArrayList ();
706                         count = List.Count;
707                 }
708
709                 /// <summary>
710                 ///   Concatenate the ILists `first' and `second' to a new MemberList.
711                 /// </summary>
712                 public MemberList (IList first, IList second)
713                 {
714                         ArrayList list = new ArrayList ();
715                         list.AddRange (first);
716                         list.AddRange (second);
717                         count = list.Count;
718                         List = list;
719                 }
720
721                 public static readonly MemberList Empty = new MemberList (new ArrayList ());
722
723                 /// <summary>
724                 ///   Cast the MemberList into a MemberInfo[] array.
725                 /// </summary>
726                 /// <remarks>
727                 ///   This is an expensive operation, only use it if it's really necessary.
728                 /// </remarks>
729                 public static explicit operator MemberInfo [] (MemberList list)
730                 {
731                         Timer.StartTimer (TimerType.MiscTimer);
732                         MemberInfo [] result = new MemberInfo [list.Count];
733                         list.CopyTo (result, 0);
734                         Timer.StopTimer (TimerType.MiscTimer);
735                         return result;
736                 }
737
738                 // ICollection
739
740                 public int Count {
741                         get {
742                                 return count;
743                         }
744                 }
745
746                 public bool IsSynchronized {
747                         get {
748                                 return List.IsSynchronized;
749                         }
750                 }
751
752                 public object SyncRoot {
753                         get {
754                                 return List.SyncRoot;
755                         }
756                 }
757
758                 public void CopyTo (Array array, int index)
759                 {
760                         List.CopyTo (array, index);
761                 }
762
763                 // IEnumerable
764
765                 public IEnumerator GetEnumerator ()
766                 {
767                         return List.GetEnumerator ();
768                 }
769
770                 // IList
771
772                 public bool IsFixedSize {
773                         get {
774                                 return true;
775                         }
776                 }
777
778                 public bool IsReadOnly {
779                         get {
780                                 return true;
781                         }
782                 }
783
784                 object IList.this [int index] {
785                         get {
786                                 return List [index];
787                         }
788
789                         set {
790                                 throw new NotSupportedException ();
791                         }
792                 }
793
794                 // FIXME: try to find out whether we can avoid the cast in this indexer.
795                 public MemberInfo this [int index] {
796                         get {
797                                 return (MemberInfo) List [index];
798                         }
799                 }
800
801                 public int Add (object value)
802                 {
803                         throw new NotSupportedException ();
804                 }
805
806                 public void Clear ()
807                 {
808                         throw new NotSupportedException ();
809                 }
810
811                 public bool Contains (object value)
812                 {
813                         return List.Contains (value);
814                 }
815
816                 public int IndexOf (object value)
817                 {
818                         return List.IndexOf (value);
819                 }
820
821                 public void Insert (int index, object value)
822                 {
823                         throw new NotSupportedException ();
824                 }
825
826                 public void Remove (object value)
827                 {
828                         throw new NotSupportedException ();
829                 }
830
831                 public void RemoveAt (int index)
832                 {
833                         throw new NotSupportedException ();
834                 }
835         }
836
837         /// <summary>
838         ///   This interface is used to get all members of a class when creating the
839         ///   member cache.  It must be implemented by all DeclSpace derivatives which
840         ///   want to support the member cache and by TypeHandle to get caching of
841         ///   non-dynamic types.
842         /// </summary>
843         public interface IMemberContainer {
844                 /// <summary>
845                 ///   The name of the IMemberContainer.  This is only used for
846                 ///   debugging purposes.
847                 /// </summary>
848                 string Name {
849                         get;
850                 }
851
852                 /// <summary>
853                 ///   The type of this IMemberContainer.
854                 /// </summary>
855                 Type Type {
856                         get;
857                 }
858
859                 /// <summary>
860                 ///   Returns the IMemberContainer of the parent class or null if this
861                 ///   is an interface or TypeManger.object_type.
862                 ///   This is used when creating the member cache for a class to get all
863                 ///   members from the parent class.
864                 /// </summary>
865                 IMemberContainer Parent {
866                         get;
867                 }
868
869                 /// <summary>
870                 ///   Whether this is an interface.
871                 /// </summary>
872                 bool IsInterface {
873                         get;
874                 }
875
876                 /// <summary>
877                 ///   Returns all members of this class with the corresponding MemberTypes
878                 ///   and BindingFlags.
879                 /// </summary>
880                 /// <remarks>
881                 ///   When implementing this method, make sure not to return any inherited
882                 ///   members and check the MemberTypes and BindingFlags properly.
883                 ///   Unfortunately, System.Reflection is lame and doesn't provide a way to
884                 ///   get the BindingFlags (static/non-static,public/non-public) in the
885                 ///   MemberInfo class, but the cache needs this information.  That's why
886                 ///   this method is called multiple times with different BindingFlags.
887                 /// </remarks>
888                 MemberList GetMembers (MemberTypes mt, BindingFlags bf);
889
890                 /// <summary>
891                 ///   Return the container's member cache.
892                 /// </summary>
893                 MemberCache MemberCache {
894                         get;
895                 }
896         }
897
898         /// <summary>
899         ///   The MemberCache is used by dynamic and non-dynamic types to speed up
900         ///   member lookups.  It has a member name based hash table; it maps each member
901         ///   name to a list of CacheEntry objects.  Each CacheEntry contains a MemberInfo
902         ///   and the BindingFlags that were initially used to get it.  The cache contains
903         ///   all members of the current class and all inherited members.  If this cache is
904         ///   for an interface types, it also contains all inherited members.
905         ///
906         ///   There are two ways to get a MemberCache:
907         ///   * if this is a dynamic type, lookup the corresponding DeclSpace and then
908         ///     use the DeclSpace.MemberCache property.
909         ///   * if this not a dynamic type, call TypeHandle.GetTypeHandle() to get a
910         ///     TypeHandle instance for the type and then use TypeHandle.MemberCache.
911         /// </summary>
912         public class MemberCache {
913                 public readonly IMemberContainer Container;
914                 protected Hashtable member_hash;
915                 protected Hashtable method_hash;
916                 protected Hashtable interface_hash;
917
918                 /// <summary>
919                 ///   Create a new MemberCache for the given IMemberContainer `container'.
920                 /// </summary>
921                 public MemberCache (IMemberContainer container)
922                 {
923                         this.Container = container;
924
925                         Timer.IncrementCounter (CounterType.MemberCache);
926                         Timer.StartTimer (TimerType.CacheInit);
927
928                         interface_hash = new Hashtable ();
929
930                         // If we have a parent class (we have a parent class unless we're
931                         // TypeManager.object_type), we deep-copy its MemberCache here.
932                         if (Container.Parent != null)
933                                 member_hash = SetupCache (Container.Parent.MemberCache);
934                         else if (Container.IsInterface)
935                                 member_hash = SetupCacheForInterface ();
936                         else
937                                 member_hash = new Hashtable ();
938
939                         // If this is neither a dynamic type nor an interface, create a special
940                         // method cache with all declared and inherited methods.
941                         Type type = container.Type;
942                         if (!(type is TypeBuilder) && !type.IsInterface) {
943                                 method_hash = new Hashtable ();
944                                 AddMethods (type);
945                         }
946
947                         // Add all members from the current class.
948                         AddMembers (Container);
949
950                         Timer.StopTimer (TimerType.CacheInit);
951                 }
952
953                 /// <summary>
954                 ///   Bootstrap this member cache by doing a deep-copy of our parent.
955                 /// </summary>
956                 Hashtable SetupCache (MemberCache parent)
957                 {
958                         Hashtable hash = new Hashtable ();
959
960                         IDictionaryEnumerator it = parent.member_hash.GetEnumerator ();
961                         while (it.MoveNext ()) {
962                                 hash [it.Key] = ((ArrayList) it.Value).Clone ();
963                         }
964
965                         return hash;
966                 }
967
968                 void AddInterfaces (MemberCache parent)
969                 {
970                         foreach (Type iface in parent.interface_hash.Keys) {
971                                 if (!interface_hash.Contains (iface))
972                                         interface_hash.Add (iface, true);
973                         }
974                 }
975
976                 /// <summary>
977                 ///   Add the contents of `new_hash' to `hash'.
978                 /// </summary>
979                 void AddHashtable (Hashtable hash, Hashtable new_hash)
980                 {
981                         IDictionaryEnumerator it = new_hash.GetEnumerator ();
982                         while (it.MoveNext ()) {
983                                 ArrayList list = (ArrayList) hash [it.Key];
984                                 if (list != null)
985                                         list.AddRange ((ArrayList) it.Value);
986                                 else
987                                         hash [it.Key] = ((ArrayList) it.Value).Clone ();
988                         }
989                 }
990
991                 /// <summary>
992                 ///   Bootstrap the member cache for an interface type.
993                 ///   Type.GetMembers() won't return any inherited members for interface types,
994                 ///   so we need to do this manually.  Interfaces also inherit from System.Object.
995                 /// </summary>
996                 Hashtable SetupCacheForInterface ()
997                 {
998                         Hashtable hash = SetupCache (TypeHandle.ObjectType.MemberCache);
999                         Type [] ifaces = TypeManager.GetInterfaces (Container.Type);
1000
1001                         foreach (Type iface in ifaces) {
1002                                 if (interface_hash.Contains (iface))
1003                                         continue;
1004                                 interface_hash.Add (iface, true);
1005
1006                                 IMemberContainer iface_container =
1007                                         TypeManager.LookupMemberContainer (iface);
1008
1009                                 MemberCache iface_cache = iface_container.MemberCache;
1010                                 AddHashtable (hash, iface_cache.member_hash);
1011                                 AddInterfaces (iface_cache);
1012                         }
1013
1014                         return hash;
1015                 }
1016
1017                 /// <summary>
1018                 ///   Add all members from class `container' to the cache.
1019                 /// </summary>
1020                 void AddMembers (IMemberContainer container)
1021                 {
1022                         // We need to call AddMembers() with a single member type at a time
1023                         // to get the member type part of CacheEntry.EntryType right.
1024                         AddMembers (MemberTypes.Constructor, container);
1025                         AddMembers (MemberTypes.Field, container);
1026                         AddMembers (MemberTypes.Method, container);
1027                         AddMembers (MemberTypes.Property, container);
1028                         AddMembers (MemberTypes.Event, container);
1029                         // Nested types are returned by both Static and Instance searches.
1030                         AddMembers (MemberTypes.NestedType,
1031                                     BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public, container);
1032                         AddMembers (MemberTypes.NestedType,
1033                                     BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.NonPublic, container);
1034                 }
1035
1036                 void AddMembers (MemberTypes mt, IMemberContainer container)
1037                 {
1038                         AddMembers (mt, BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public, container);
1039                         AddMembers (mt, BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.NonPublic, container);
1040                         AddMembers (mt, BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public, container);
1041                         AddMembers (mt, BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic, container);
1042                 }
1043
1044                 /// <summary>
1045                 ///   Add all members from class `container' with the requested MemberTypes and
1046                 ///   BindingFlags to the cache.  This method is called multiple times with different
1047                 ///   MemberTypes and BindingFlags.
1048                 /// </summary>
1049                 void AddMembers (MemberTypes mt, BindingFlags bf, IMemberContainer container)
1050                 {
1051                         MemberList members = container.GetMembers (mt, bf);
1052                         BindingFlags new_bf = (container == Container) ?
1053                                 bf | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly : bf;
1054
1055                         foreach (MemberInfo member in members) {
1056                                 string name = member.Name;
1057
1058                                 // We use a name-based hash table of ArrayList's.
1059                                 ArrayList list = (ArrayList) member_hash [name];
1060                                 if (list == null) {
1061                                         list = new ArrayList ();
1062                                         member_hash.Add (name, list);
1063                                 }
1064
1065                                 // When this method is called for the current class, the list will
1066                                 // already contain all inherited members from our parent classes.
1067                                 // We cannot add new members in front of the list since this'd be an
1068                                 // expensive operation, that's why the list is sorted in reverse order
1069                                 // (ie. members from the current class are coming last).
1070                                 list.Add (new CacheEntry (container, member, mt, bf));
1071                         }
1072                 }
1073
1074                 /// <summary>
1075                 ///   Add all declared and inherited methods from class `type' to the method cache.
1076                 /// </summary>
1077                 void AddMethods (Type type)
1078                 {
1079                         AddMethods (BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Public |
1080                                     BindingFlags.FlattenHierarchy, type);
1081                         AddMethods (BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.NonPublic |
1082                                     BindingFlags.FlattenHierarchy, type);
1083                         AddMethods (BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public, type);
1084                         AddMethods (BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic, type);
1085                 }
1086
1087                 void AddMethods (BindingFlags bf, Type type)
1088                 {
1089                         MemberInfo [] members = type.GetMethods (bf);
1090
1091                         foreach (MethodBase member in members) {
1092                                 string name = member.Name;
1093
1094                                 // Varargs methods aren't allowed in C# code.
1095                                 if ((member.CallingConvention & CallingConventions.VarArgs) != 0)
1096                                         continue;
1097
1098                                 // We use a name-based hash table of ArrayList's.
1099                                 ArrayList list = (ArrayList) method_hash [name];
1100                                 if (list == null) {
1101                                         list = new ArrayList ();
1102                                         method_hash.Add (name, list);
1103                                 }
1104
1105                                 // Unfortunately, the elements returned by Type.GetMethods() aren't
1106                                 // sorted so we need to do this check for every member.
1107                                 BindingFlags new_bf = bf;
1108                                 if (member.DeclaringType == type)
1109                                         new_bf |= BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly;
1110
1111                                 list.Add (new CacheEntry (Container, member, MemberTypes.Method, new_bf));
1112                         }
1113                 }
1114
1115                 /// <summary>
1116                 ///   Compute and return a appropriate `EntryType' magic number for the given
1117                 ///   MemberTypes and BindingFlags.
1118                 /// </summary>
1119                 protected static EntryType GetEntryType (MemberTypes mt, BindingFlags bf)
1120                 {
1121                         EntryType type = EntryType.None;
1122
1123                         if ((mt & MemberTypes.Constructor) != 0)
1124                                 type |= EntryType.Constructor;
1125                         if ((mt & MemberTypes.Event) != 0)
1126                                 type |= EntryType.Event;
1127                         if ((mt & MemberTypes.Field) != 0)
1128                                 type |= EntryType.Field;
1129                         if ((mt & MemberTypes.Method) != 0)
1130                                 type |= EntryType.Method;
1131                         if ((mt & MemberTypes.Property) != 0)
1132                                 type |= EntryType.Property;
1133                         // Nested types are returned by static and instance searches.
1134                         if ((mt & MemberTypes.NestedType) != 0)
1135                                 type |= EntryType.NestedType | EntryType.Static | EntryType.Instance;
1136
1137                         if ((bf & BindingFlags.Instance) != 0)
1138                                 type |= EntryType.Instance;
1139                         if ((bf & BindingFlags.Static) != 0)
1140                                 type |= EntryType.Static;
1141                         if ((bf & BindingFlags.Public) != 0)
1142                                 type |= EntryType.Public;
1143                         if ((bf & BindingFlags.NonPublic) != 0)
1144                                 type |= EntryType.NonPublic;
1145                         if ((bf & BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly) != 0)
1146                                 type |= EntryType.Declared;
1147
1148                         return type;
1149                 }
1150
1151                 /// <summary>
1152                 ///   The `MemberTypes' enumeration type is a [Flags] type which means that it may
1153                 ///   denote multiple member types.  Returns true if the given flags value denotes a
1154                 ///   single member types.
1155                 /// </summary>
1156                 public static bool IsSingleMemberType (MemberTypes mt)
1157                 {
1158                         switch (mt) {
1159                         case MemberTypes.Constructor:
1160                         case MemberTypes.Event:
1161                         case MemberTypes.Field:
1162                         case MemberTypes.Method:
1163                         case MemberTypes.Property:
1164                         case MemberTypes.NestedType:
1165                                 return true;
1166
1167                         default:
1168                                 return false;
1169                         }
1170                 }
1171
1172                 /// <summary>
1173                 ///   We encode the MemberTypes and BindingFlags of each members in a "magic"
1174                 ///   number to speed up the searching process.
1175                 /// </summary>
1176                 [Flags]
1177                 protected enum EntryType {
1178                         None            = 0x000,
1179
1180                         Instance        = 0x001,
1181                         Static          = 0x002,
1182                         MaskStatic      = Instance|Static,
1183
1184                         Public          = 0x004,
1185                         NonPublic       = 0x008,
1186                         MaskProtection  = Public|NonPublic,
1187
1188                         Declared        = 0x010,
1189
1190                         Constructor     = 0x020,
1191                         Event           = 0x040,
1192                         Field           = 0x080,
1193                         Method          = 0x100,
1194                         Property        = 0x200,
1195                         NestedType      = 0x400,
1196
1197                         MaskType        = Constructor|Event|Field|Method|Property|NestedType
1198                 }
1199
1200                 protected struct CacheEntry {
1201                         public readonly IMemberContainer Container;
1202                         public readonly EntryType EntryType;
1203                         public readonly MemberInfo Member;
1204
1205                         public CacheEntry (IMemberContainer container, MemberInfo member,
1206                                            MemberTypes mt, BindingFlags bf)
1207                         {
1208                                 this.Container = container;
1209                                 this.Member = member;
1210                                 this.EntryType = GetEntryType (mt, bf);
1211                         }
1212                 }
1213
1214                 /// <summary>
1215                 ///   This is called each time we're walking up one level in the class hierarchy
1216                 ///   and checks whether we can abort the search since we've already found what
1217                 ///   we were looking for.
1218                 /// </summary>
1219                 protected bool DoneSearching (ArrayList list)
1220                 {
1221                         //
1222                         // We've found exactly one member in the current class and it's not
1223                         // a method or constructor.
1224                         //
1225                         if (list.Count == 1 && !(list [0] is MethodBase))
1226                                 return true;
1227
1228                         //
1229                         // Multiple properties: we query those just to find out the indexer
1230                         // name
1231                         //
1232                         if ((list.Count > 0) && (list [0] is PropertyInfo))
1233                                 return true;
1234
1235                         return false;
1236                 }
1237
1238                 /// <summary>
1239                 ///   Looks up members with name `name'.  If you provide an optional
1240                 ///   filter function, it'll only be called with members matching the
1241                 ///   requested member name.
1242                 ///
1243                 ///   This method will try to use the cache to do the lookup if possible.
1244                 ///
1245                 ///   Unlike other FindMembers implementations, this method will always
1246                 ///   check all inherited members - even when called on an interface type.
1247                 ///
1248                 ///   If you know that you're only looking for methods, you should use
1249                 ///   MemberTypes.Method alone since this speeds up the lookup a bit.
1250                 ///   When doing a method-only search, it'll try to use a special method
1251                 ///   cache (unless it's a dynamic type or an interface) and the returned
1252                 ///   MemberInfo's will have the correct ReflectedType for inherited methods.
1253                 ///   The lookup process will automatically restart itself in method-only
1254                 ///   search mode if it discovers that it's about to return methods.
1255                 /// </summary>
1256                 public MemberList FindMembers (MemberTypes mt, BindingFlags bf, string name,
1257                                                MemberFilter filter, object criteria)
1258                 {
1259                         bool declared_only = (bf & BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly) != 0;
1260                         bool method_search = mt == MemberTypes.Method;
1261                         // If we have a method cache and we aren't already doing a method-only search,
1262                         // then we restart a method search if the first match is a method.
1263                         bool do_method_search = !method_search && (method_hash != null);
1264
1265                         ArrayList applicable;
1266
1267                         // If this is a method-only search, we try to use the method cache if
1268                         // possible; a lookup in the method cache will return a MemberInfo with
1269                         // the correct ReflectedType for inherited methods.
1270                         
1271                         if (method_search && (method_hash != null))
1272                                 applicable = (ArrayList) method_hash [name];
1273                         else
1274                                 applicable = (ArrayList) member_hash [name];
1275                         
1276                         if (applicable == null)
1277                                 return MemberList.Empty;
1278
1279                         ArrayList list = new ArrayList ();
1280
1281                         Timer.StartTimer (TimerType.CachedLookup);
1282
1283                         EntryType type = GetEntryType (mt, bf);
1284
1285                         IMemberContainer current = Container;
1286
1287                         // `applicable' is a list of all members with the given member name `name'
1288                         // in the current class and all its parent classes.  The list is sorted in
1289                         // reverse order due to the way how the cache is initialy created (to speed
1290                         // things up, we're doing a deep-copy of our parent).
1291
1292                         for (int i = applicable.Count-1; i >= 0; i--) {
1293                                 CacheEntry entry = (CacheEntry) applicable [i];
1294
1295                                 // This happens each time we're walking one level up in the class
1296                                 // hierarchy.  If we're doing a DeclaredOnly search, we must abort
1297                                 // the first time this happens (this may already happen in the first
1298                                 // iteration of this loop if there are no members with the name we're
1299                                 // looking for in the current class).
1300                                 if (entry.Container != current) {
1301                                         if (declared_only || DoneSearching (list))
1302                                                 break;
1303
1304                                         current = entry.Container;
1305                                 }
1306
1307                                 // Is the member of the correct type ?
1308                                 if ((entry.EntryType & type & EntryType.MaskType) == 0)
1309                                         continue;
1310
1311                                 // Is the member static/non-static ?
1312                                 if ((entry.EntryType & type & EntryType.MaskStatic) == 0)
1313                                         continue;
1314
1315                                 // Apply the filter to it.
1316                                 if (filter (entry.Member, criteria)) {
1317                                         if ((entry.EntryType & EntryType.MaskType) != EntryType.Method)
1318                                                 do_method_search = false;
1319                                         list.Add (entry.Member);
1320                                 }
1321                         }
1322
1323                         Timer.StopTimer (TimerType.CachedLookup);
1324
1325                         // If we have a method cache and we aren't already doing a method-only
1326                         // search, we restart in method-only search mode if the first match is
1327                         // a method.  This ensures that we return a MemberInfo with the correct
1328                         // ReflectedType for inherited methods.
1329                         if (do_method_search && (list.Count > 0)){
1330                                 return FindMembers (MemberTypes.Method, bf, name, filter, criteria);
1331                         }
1332
1333                         return new MemberList (list);
1334                 }
1335         }
1336 }