wasmtime-c-api-impl 44.0.0

C API to expose the Wasmtime runtime
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/**
 * \file wasmtime/extern.h
 *
 * \brief Definition of #wasmtime_extern_t and external items.
 */

#ifndef WASMTIME_EXTERN_H
#define WASMTIME_EXTERN_H

#include <wasmtime/module.h>
#include <wasmtime/sharedmemory.h>
#include <wasmtime/store.h>
#include <wasmtime/tag.h>

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/// \brief Representation of a function in Wasmtime.
///
/// Functions in Wasmtime are represented as an index into a store and don't
/// have any data or destructor associated with the #wasmtime_func_t value.
/// Functions cannot interoperate between #wasmtime_store_t instances and if the
/// wrong function is passed to the wrong store then it may trigger an assertion
/// to abort the process.
typedef struct wasmtime_func {
  /// Internal identifier of what store this belongs to.
  ///
  /// This field may be zero when used in conjunction with #wasmtime_val_t
  /// to represent a null `funcref` value in WebAssembly. For a valid function
  /// this field is otherwise never zero.
  uint64_t store_id;
  /// Private field for Wasmtime, undefined if `store_id` is zero.
  void *__private;
} wasmtime_func_t;

/// \brief Representation of a table in Wasmtime.
///
/// Tables in Wasmtime are represented as an index into a store and don't
/// have any data or destructor associated with the #wasmtime_table_t value.
/// Tables cannot interoperate between #wasmtime_store_t instances and if the
/// wrong table is passed to the wrong store then it may trigger an assertion
/// to abort the process.
typedef struct wasmtime_table {
  struct {
    /// Internal identifier of what store this belongs to, never zero.
    uint64_t store_id;
    /// Private field for Wasmtime.
    uint32_t __private1;
  };
  /// Private field for Wasmtime.
  uint32_t __private2;
} wasmtime_table_t;

/// \brief Representation of a memory in Wasmtime.
///
/// Memories in Wasmtime are represented as an index into a store and don't
/// have any data or destructor associated with the #wasmtime_memory_t value.
/// Memories cannot interoperate between #wasmtime_store_t instances and if the
/// wrong memory is passed to the wrong store then it may trigger an assertion
/// to abort the process.
typedef struct wasmtime_memory {
  struct {
    /// Internal identifier of what store this belongs to, never zero.
    uint64_t store_id;
    /// Private field for Wasmtime.
    uint32_t __private1;
  };
  /// Private field for Wasmtime.
  uint32_t __private2;
} wasmtime_memory_t;

/// \brief Representation of a global in Wasmtime.
///
/// Globals in Wasmtime are represented as an index into a store and don't
/// have any data or destructor associated with the #wasmtime_global_t value.
/// Globals cannot interoperate between #wasmtime_store_t instances and if the
/// wrong global is passed to the wrong store then it may trigger an assertion
/// to abort the process.
typedef struct wasmtime_global {
  /// Internal identifier of what store this belongs to, never zero.
  uint64_t store_id;
  /// Private field for Wasmtime.
  uint32_t __private1;
  /// Private field for Wasmtime.
  uint32_t __private2;
  /// Private field for Wasmtime.
  uint32_t __private3;
} wasmtime_global_t;

/// \brief Discriminant of #wasmtime_extern_t
typedef uint8_t wasmtime_extern_kind_t;

/// \brief Value of #wasmtime_extern_kind_t meaning that #wasmtime_extern_t is a
/// function
#define WASMTIME_EXTERN_FUNC 0
/// \brief Value of #wasmtime_extern_kind_t meaning that #wasmtime_extern_t is a
/// global
#define WASMTIME_EXTERN_GLOBAL 1
/// \brief Value of #wasmtime_extern_kind_t meaning that #wasmtime_extern_t is a
/// table
#define WASMTIME_EXTERN_TABLE 2
/// \brief Value of #wasmtime_extern_kind_t meaning that #wasmtime_extern_t is a
/// memory
#define WASMTIME_EXTERN_MEMORY 3
/// \brief Value of #wasmtime_extern_kind_t meaning that #wasmtime_extern_t is a
/// shared memory
#define WASMTIME_EXTERN_SHAREDMEMORY 4
/// \brief Value of #wasmtime_extern_kind_t meaning that #wasmtime_extern_t is a
/// tag
#define WASMTIME_EXTERN_TAG 5

/**
 * \typedef wasmtime_extern_union_t
 * \brief Convenience alias for #wasmtime_extern_union
 *
 * \union wasmtime_extern_union
 * \brief Container for different kinds of extern items.
 *
 * This type is contained in #wasmtime_extern_t and contains the payload for the
 * various kinds of items an extern wasm item can be.
 */
typedef union wasmtime_extern_union {
  /// Field used if #wasmtime_extern_t::kind is #WASMTIME_EXTERN_FUNC
  wasmtime_func_t func;
  /// Field used if #wasmtime_extern_t::kind is #WASMTIME_EXTERN_GLOBAL
  wasmtime_global_t global;
  /// Field used if #wasmtime_extern_t::kind is #WASMTIME_EXTERN_TABLE
  wasmtime_table_t table;
  /// Field used if #wasmtime_extern_t::kind is #WASMTIME_EXTERN_MEMORY
  wasmtime_memory_t memory;
  /// Field used if #wasmtime_extern_t::kind is #WASMTIME_EXTERN_SHAREDMEMORY
  struct wasmtime_sharedmemory *sharedmemory;
  /// Field used if #wasmtime_extern_t::kind is #WASMTIME_EXTERN_TAG
  wasmtime_tag_t tag;
} wasmtime_extern_union_t;

/**
 * \typedef wasmtime_extern_t
 * \brief Convenience alias for #wasmtime_extern_t
 *
 * \union wasmtime_extern
 * \brief Container for different kinds of extern items.
 *
 * Note that this structure may contain an owned value, namely
 * #wasmtime_module_t, depending on the context in which this is used. APIs
 * which consume a #wasmtime_extern_t do not take ownership, but APIs that
 * return #wasmtime_extern_t require that #wasmtime_extern_delete is called to
 * deallocate the value.
 */
typedef struct wasmtime_extern {
  /// Discriminant of which field of #of is valid.
  wasmtime_extern_kind_t kind;
  /// Container for the extern item's value.
  wasmtime_extern_union_t of;
} wasmtime_extern_t;

/// \brief Deletes a #wasmtime_extern_t.
void wasmtime_extern_delete(wasmtime_extern_t *val);

/// \brief Returns the type of the #wasmtime_extern_t defined within the given
/// store.
///
/// Does not take ownership of `context` or `val`, but the returned
/// #wasm_externtype_t is an owned value that needs to be deleted.
wasm_externtype_t *wasmtime_extern_type(wasmtime_context_t *context,
                                        wasmtime_extern_t *val);

#ifdef __cplusplus
} // extern "C"
#endif

#endif // WASMTIME_EXTERN_H