Module java.base
Package java.lang.foreign

Class SequenceLayout

java.lang.Object
java.lang.foreign.SequenceLayout
All Implemented Interfaces:
MemoryLayoutPREVIEW
public final class SequenceLayout extends Object implements MemoryLayoutPREVIEW
SequenceLayout is a preview API of the Java platform.
Programs can only use SequenceLayout when preview features are enabled.
Preview features may be removed in a future release, or upgraded to permanent features of the Java platform.
A compound layout that denotes a repetition of a given element layout. The repetition count is said to be the sequence layout's element count. A finite sequence can be thought of as a group layout where the sequence layout's element layout is repeated a number of times that is equal to the sequence layout's element count. In other words this layout: 
MemoryLayout.sequenceLayout(3, ValueLayout.JAVA_INT.withOrder(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN));
is equivalent to the following layout: 
MemoryLayout.structLayout(
    ValueLayout.JAVA_INT.withOrder(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN),
    ValueLayout.JAVA_INT.withOrder(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN),
    ValueLayout.JAVA_INT.withOrder(ByteOrder.BIG_ENDIAN));
Implementation Requirements:
This class is immutable, thread-safe and value-based.
Since:
19

  • Method Details

    • elementLayout

      public MemoryLayoutPREVIEW elementLayout()
      Returns the element layout associated with this sequence layout.
      Returns:
      the element layout associated with this sequence layout

    • elementCount

      public long elementCount()
      Returns the element count of this sequence layout.
      Returns:
      the element count of this sequence layout

    • withElementCount

      public SequenceLayoutPREVIEW withElementCount(long elementCount)
      Returns a sequence layout with the same element layout, alignment constraints and name as this sequence layout, but with the specified element count.
      Parameters:
      elementCount - the new element count.
      Returns:
      a sequence layout with the given element count.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if elementCount < 0.

    • reshape

      public SequenceLayoutPREVIEW reshape(long... elementCounts)
      Re-arrange the elements in this sequence layout into a multi-dimensional sequence layout. The resulting layout is a sequence layout where element layouts in the flattened projection of this sequence layout (see flatten()) are re-arranged into one or more nested sequence layouts according to the provided element counts. This transformation preserves the layout size; that is, multiplying the provided element counts must yield the same element count as the flattened projection of this sequence layout.

      For instance, given a sequence layout of the kind: 

      var seq = MemoryLayout.sequenceLayout(4, MemoryLayout.sequenceLayout(3, ValueLayout.JAVA_INT));
      calling seq.reshape(2, 6) will yield the following sequence layout: 
      var reshapeSeq = MemoryLayout.sequenceLayout(2, MemoryLayout.sequenceLayout(6, ValueLayout.JAVA_INT));

      If one of the provided element count is the special value -1, then the element count in that position will be inferred from the remaining element counts and the element count of the flattened projection of this layout. For instance, a layout equivalent to the above reshapeSeq can also be computed in the following ways: 

      var reshapeSeqImplicit1 = seq.reshape(-1, 6);
var reshapeSeqImplicit2 = seq.reshape(2, -1);
      Parameters:
      elementCounts - an array of element counts, of which at most one can be -1.
      Returns:
      a sequence layout where element layouts in the flattened projection of this sequence layout (see flatten()) are re-arranged into one or more nested sequence layouts.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if two or more element counts are set to -1, or if one or more element count is <= 0 (but other than -1) or, if, after any required inference, multiplying the element counts does not yield the same element count as the flattened projection of this sequence layout.

    • flatten

      public SequenceLayoutPREVIEW flatten()
      Returns a flattened sequence layout. The element layout of the returned sequence layout is the first non-sequence element layout found by recursively traversing the element layouts of this sequence layout. This transformation preserves the layout size; nested sequence layout in this sequence layout will be dropped and their element counts will be incorporated into that of the returned sequence layout. For instance, given a sequence layout of the kind: 
      var seq = MemoryLayout.sequenceLayout(4, MemoryLayout.sequenceLayout(3, ValueLayout.JAVA_INT));
      calling seq.flatten() will yield the following sequence layout: 
      var flattenedSeq = MemoryLayout.sequenceLayout(12, ValueLayout.JAVA_INT);
      Returns:
      a sequence layout with the same size as this layout (but, possibly, with different element count), whose element layout is not a sequence layout.

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Returns the string representation of this layout.
      Specified by:
      toString in interface MemoryLayoutPREVIEW
      Returns:
      the string representation of this layout

    • equals

      public boolean equals(Object other)
      Compares the specified object with this layout for equality. Returns true if and only if the specified object is also a layout, and it is equal to this layout. Two layouts are considered equal if they are of the same kind, have the same size, name and alignment constraints. Furthermore, depending on the layout kind, additional conditions must be satisfied:
      Specified by:
      equals in interface MemoryLayoutPREVIEW
      Parameters:
      other - the object to be compared for equality with this layout.
      Returns:
      true if the specified object is equal to this layout.
      See Also:

    • hashCode

      public int hashCode()
      Returns the hash code value for this layout.
      Specified by:
      hashCode in interface MemoryLayoutPREVIEW
      Returns:
      the hash code value for this layout
      See Also:

    • withName

      public SequenceLayoutPREVIEW withName(String name)
      Returns a memory layout with the same size and alignment constraints as this layout, but with the specified name.
      Specified by:
      withName in interface MemoryLayoutPREVIEW
      Parameters:
      name - the layout name.
      Returns:
      a memory layout with the given name.
      See Also:

    • withBitAlignment

      public SequenceLayoutPREVIEW withBitAlignment(long alignmentBits)
      Returns a memory layout with the same size and name as this layout, but with the specified alignment constraints (in bits).
      Specified by:
      withBitAlignment in interface MemoryLayoutPREVIEW
      Parameters:
      alignmentBits - the layout alignment constraint, expressed in bits.
      Returns:
      a memory layout with the given alignment constraints.

    • name

      public final Optional<String> name()
      Description copied from interface: MemoryLayout
      Returns the name (if any) associated with this layout.
      Specified by:
      name in interface MemoryLayoutPREVIEW
      Returns:
      the name (if any) associated with this layout
      See Also:

    • bitAlignment

      public final long bitAlignment()
      Description copied from interface: MemoryLayout
      Returns the alignment constraint associated with this layout, expressed in bits. Layout alignment defines a power of two A which is the bit-wise alignment of the layout. If A <= 8 then A/8 is the number of bytes that must be aligned for any pointer that correctly points to this layout. Thus:
      • A=8 means unaligned (in the usual sense), which is common in packets.
      • A=64 means word aligned (on LP64), A=32 int aligned, A=16 short aligned, etc.
      • A=512 is the most strict alignment required by the x86/SV ABI (for AVX-512 data).
      If no explicit alignment constraint was set on this layout (see MemoryLayout.withBitAlignment(long)PREVIEW), then this method returns the natural alignment constraint (in bits) associated with this layout.
      Specified by:
      bitAlignment in interface MemoryLayoutPREVIEW
      Returns:
      the layout alignment constraint, in bits.

    • byteSize

      public long byteSize()
      Description copied from interface: MemoryLayout
      Returns the layout size, in bytes.
      Specified by:
      byteSize in interface MemoryLayoutPREVIEW
      Returns:
      the layout size, in bytes

    • bitSize

      public long bitSize()
      Description copied from interface: MemoryLayout
      Returns the layout size, in bits.
      Specified by:
      bitSize in interface MemoryLayoutPREVIEW
      Returns:
      the layout size, in bits

    • isPadding

      public boolean isPadding()
      Description copied from interface: MemoryLayout
      Returns true, if this layout is a padding layout.
      Specified by:
      isPadding in interface MemoryLayoutPREVIEW
      Returns:
      true, if this layout is a padding layout