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author | Dietmar Maurer <dietmar@mono-cvs.ximian.com> | 2002-02-13 10:55:01 +0300 |
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committer | Dietmar Maurer <dietmar@mono-cvs.ximian.com> | 2002-02-13 10:55:01 +0300 |
commit | eae711d5a034efefe7cb3561245a608dbaab11ba (patch) | |
tree | 69293de18e5f95523abc58c546b9b731b64f22a3 /docs | |
parent | 1cb538d09174f130a9e8b5d2c85d1aac6e40ff36 (diff) |
update
svn path=/trunk/mono/; revision=2363
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r-- | docs/object-layout | 34 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/docs/object-layout b/docs/object-layout index 1a066453ada..8135ca2805f 100644 --- a/docs/object-layout +++ b/docs/object-layout @@ -1,35 +1,38 @@ Object and VTable layout ======================== -The first pointer inside an Object points to a MonoClass structure. Objects +The first pointer inside an Object points to a MonoVtable structure. Objects also contains a MonoThreadsSync structure which is used by the mono Thread implementation. typedef struct { - MonoClass *class; + MonoVTable *vtable; MonoThreadsSync synchronisation; /* object specific data goes here */ } MonoObject; -The MonoClass contains all Class infos, the VTable and a pointer to static -class data. +The MonoVtable contains the vtable, interface offsets and a pointer to static +class data. Each object/vtable belongs to exactly one AppDomain. + +typedef struct { + MonoClass *klass; + MonoDomain *domain; + gpointer *interface_offsets; + /* a pointer to static data */ + gpointer data; + /* the variable sized vtable is included at the end */ + gpointer vtable [0]; +} MonoVTable; + +The MonoClass contains domain independent Class infos. typedef struct { /* various class infos */ MonoClass *parent; const char *name; const char *name_space; - ... - - /* interface offset table */ - gint *interface_offsets; - - gpointer data; /* a pointer to static data */ - - /* the variable sized vtable is included at the end */ - gpointer vtable [vtable_size]; } MonoClass; @@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ Each MonoMethod (if virtual) has an associated slot, which is an index into the VTable. So we can use the following code to compute the address of a virtual function: -method_addr = object->class->vtable [method->slot]; +method_addr = object->vtable->vtable [method->slot]; Calling interface methods: @@ -49,8 +52,7 @@ Calling interface methods: Each interface class is associated with an unique ID. The following code computes the address of an interface function: -offset_into_vtable = object->class->interface_offsets [interface_id]; -method_addr = object->class->vtable [offset_into_vtable + method->slot]; +method_addr = *(object->vtable->interface_offsets [interface_id] + method->slot*4); |