ILSpy/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/IInlineContext.cs

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namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.IL
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Execution context for phase 1: replace pop and peek instructions with evaluation stack values.
	/// </summary>
	interface IInlineContext
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Peeks at the top value on the evaluation stack, returning an instruction that represents
		/// that value.
		/// <see cref="ILInstruction.Inline"/> will replace <see cref="Peek"/> instructions
		/// with the value returned by this function.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="flagsBefore">Combined instruction flags of the instructions
		/// that the instruction getting inlined would get moved over.</param>
		/// <remarks>
		/// This method may return <c>null</c> when the evaluation stack is empty or the contents
		/// are unknown. In this case, the peek instruction will not be replaced.
		/// </remarks>
		ILInstruction Peek(InstructionFlags flagsBefore);
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Pops the top value on the evaluation stack, returning an instruction that represents
		/// that value.
		/// <see cref="ILInstruction.Inline"/> will replace <see cref="Pop"/> instructions
		/// with the value returned by this function.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="flagsBefore">Combined instruction flags of the instructions
		/// that the instruction getting inlined would get moved over.</param>
		/// <remarks>
		/// This method may return <c>null</c> when the evaluation stack is empty or the contents
		/// are unknown. In this case, the pop instruction will not be replaced.
		/// </remarks>
		ILInstruction Pop(InstructionFlags flagsBefore);
	}
}