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//******************************************************************************
//
// File: Struct.java
// Package: edu.rit.gpu
// Unit: Class edu.rit.gpu.Struct
//
// This Java source file is copyright (C) 2014 by Alan Kaminsky. All rights
// reserved. For further information, contact the author, Alan Kaminsky, at
// ark@cs.rit.edu.
//
// This Java source file is part of the Parallel Java 2 Library ("PJ2"). PJ2 is
// free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
// the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
// either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
//
// PJ2 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
// WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
// A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
//
// A copy of the GNU General Public License is provided in the file gpl.txt. You
// may also obtain a copy of the GNU General Public License on the World Wide
// Web at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html.
//
//******************************************************************************
package edu.rit.gpu;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
/**
* Class Struct is the abstract base class for a Java object on the CPU that is
* converted to or from a C struct on the GPU.
*
* @author Alan Kaminsky
* @version 03-Jun-2014
*/
public abstract class Struct
{
// Exported constructors.
/**
* Construct a new struct object.
*/
public Struct()
{
}
// Exported operations.
/**
* Returns the size in bytes of the C struct. The size must include any
* internal padding bytes needed to align the fields of the C struct. The
* size must include any padding bytes at the end needed to align a series
* of C structs in an array.
* <P>
* The static <TT>sizeof()</TT> method must be overridden in a subclass.
*
* @return Size of C struct (bytes).
*/
public static long sizeof()
{
throw new UnsupportedOperationException
("Struct.sizeof(): Must be overridden in a subclass");
}
/**
* Write this Java object to the given byte buffer in the form of a C
* struct. The byte buffer's byte order is little endian. The byte buffer is
* positioned at the first byte of the C struct. The <TT>toStruct()</TT>
* method must write this object's fields into the byte buffer exactly as
* the C struct is laid out in GPU memory.
*
* @param buf Byte buffer to write.
*/
public abstract void toStruct
(ByteBuffer buf);
/**
* Read this Java object from the given byte buffer in the form of a C
* struct. The byte buffer's byte order is little endian. The byte buffer is
* positioned at the first byte of the C struct. The <TT>fromStruct()</TT>
* method must read this object's fields from the byte buffer exactly as the
* C struct is laid out in GPU memory.
*
* @param buf Byte buffer to read.
*/
public abstract void fromStruct
(ByteBuffer buf);
}