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package jdk.nashorn.internal.ir;

import jdk.nashorn.internal.codegen.types.Type;

/**
 * A type override makes it possible to change the return type of a node, if we know
 * that the linker can provide it directly. For example, an identity node that is
 * in the scope, can very well look like an object to the compiler of the method it
 * is in, but if someone does (int)x, it make senses to ask for it directly
 * with an int getter instead of loading it as an object and explicitly converting it
 * by using JSType.toInt32. Especially in scenarios where the field is already stored
 * as a primitive, this will be much faster than the "object is all I see" scope
 * available in the method
 * @param <T> the type of the node implementing the interface
 */

public interface TypeOverride<T extends Node> {
    /**
     * Set the override type
     *
     * @param type  the type
     * @return a node equivalent to this one except for the requested change.
     */
    public T setType(final Type type);

    /**
     * Returns true if this node can have a callsite override, e.g. all scope ident nodes
     * which lead to dynamic getters can have it, local variable nodes (slots) can't.
     * Call nodes can have it unconditionally and so on
     *
     * @return true if it is possible to assign a type override to this node
     */
    public boolean canHaveCallSiteType();

}