Source File
	type.go

Belonging Package
	internal/reflectlite

// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

// Package reflectlite implements lightweight version of reflect, not using
// any package except for "runtime", "unsafe", and "internal/abi"
package reflectlite

import (
	"internal/abi"
	"unsafe"
)

// Type is the representation of a Go type.
//
// Not all methods apply to all kinds of types. Restrictions,
// if any, are noted in the documentation for each method.
// Use the Kind method to find out the kind of type before
// calling kind-specific methods. Calling a method
// inappropriate to the kind of type causes a run-time panic.
//
// Type values are comparable, such as with the == operator,
// so they can be used as map keys.
// Two Type values are equal if they represent identical types.
type Type interface {
	// Methods applicable to all types.

	// Name returns the type's name within its package for a defined type.
	// For other (non-defined) types it returns the empty string.
	Name() string

	// PkgPath returns a defined type's package path, that is, the import path
	// that uniquely identifies the package, such as "encoding/base64".
	// If the type was predeclared (string, error) or not defined (*T, struct{},
	// []int, or A where A is an alias for a non-defined type), the package path
	// will be the empty string.
	PkgPath() string

	// Size returns the number of bytes needed to store
	// a value of the given type; it is analogous to unsafe.Sizeof.
	Size() uintptr

	// Kind returns the specific kind of this type.
	Kind() Kind

	// Implements reports whether the type implements the interface type u.
	Implements(u Type) bool

	// AssignableTo reports whether a value of the type is assignable to type u.
	AssignableTo(u Type) bool

	// Comparable reports whether values of this type are comparable.
	Comparable() bool

	// String returns a string representation of the type.
	// The string representation may use shortened package names
	// (e.g., base64 instead of "encoding/base64") and is not
	// guaranteed to be unique among types. To test for type identity,
	// compare the Types directly.
	String() string

	// Elem returns a type's element type.
	// It panics if the type's Kind is not Ptr.
	Elem() Type

	common() *abi.Type
	uncommon() *uncommonType
}

/*
 * These data structures are known to the compiler (../../cmd/internal/reflectdata/reflect.go).
 * A few are known to ../runtime/type.go to convey to debuggers.
 * They are also known to ../runtime/type.go.
 */

// A Kind represents the specific kind of type that a Type represents.
// The zero Kind is not a valid kind.
type Kind = abi.Kind

const Ptr = abi.Pointer

const (
	// Import-and-export these constants as necessary
	Interface = abi.Interface
	Slice     = abi.Slice
	String    = abi.String
	Struct    = abi.Struct
)

type nameOff = abi.NameOff
type typeOff = abi.TypeOff
type textOff = abi.TextOff

type rtype struct {
	*abi.Type
}

// uncommonType is present only for defined types or types with methods
// (if T is a defined type, the uncommonTypes for T and *T have methods).
// Using a pointer to this struct reduces the overall size required
// to describe a non-defined type with no methods.
type uncommonType = abi.UncommonType

// arrayType represents a fixed array type.
type arrayType = abi.ArrayType

// chanType represents a channel type.
type chanType = abi.ChanType

type funcType = abi.FuncType

type interfaceType = abi.InterfaceType

// ptrType represents a pointer type.
type ptrType = abi.PtrType

// sliceType represents a slice type.
type sliceType = abi.SliceType

// structType represents a struct type.
type structType = abi.StructType

// name is an encoded type name with optional extra data.
//
// The first byte is a bit field containing:
//
//	1<<0 the name is exported
//	1<<1 tag data follows the name
//	1<<2 pkgPath nameOff follows the name and tag
//
// The next two bytes are the data length:
//
//	l := uint16(data[1])<<8 | uint16(data[2])
//
// Bytes [3:3+l] are the string data.
//
// If tag data follows then bytes 3+l and 3+l+1 are the tag length,
// with the data following.
//
// If the import path follows, then 4 bytes at the end of
// the data form a nameOff. The import path is only set for concrete
// methods that are defined in a different package than their type.
//
// If a name starts with "*", then the exported bit represents
// whether the pointed to type is exported.
type name struct {
	bytes *byte
}

func (n name) data(off int, whySafe string) *byte {
	return (*byte)(add(unsafe.Pointer(n.bytes), uintptr(off), whySafe))
}

func (n name) isExported() bool {
	return (*n.bytes)&(1<<0) != 0
}

func (n name) hasTag() bool {
	return (*n.bytes)&(1<<1) != 0
}

func (n name) embedded() bool {
	return (*n.bytes)&(1<<3) != 0
}

// readVarint parses a varint as encoded by encoding/binary.
// It returns the number of encoded bytes and the encoded value.
func (n name) readVarint(off int) (int, int) {
	v := 0
	for i := 0; ; i++ {
		x := *n.data(off+i, "read varint")
		v += int(x&0x7f) << (7 * i)
		if x&0x80 == 0 {
			return i + 1, v
		}
	}
}

func (n name) name() string {
	if n.bytes == nil {
		return ""
	}
	i, l := n.readVarint(1)
	return unsafe.String(n.data(1+i, "non-empty string"), l)
}

func (n name) tag() string {
	if !n.hasTag() {
		return ""
	}
	i, l := n.readVarint(1)
	i2, l2 := n.readVarint(1 + i + l)
	return unsafe.String(n.data(1+i+l+i2, "non-empty string"), l2)
}

func pkgPath(n abi.Name) string {
	if n.Bytes == nil || *n.DataChecked(0, "name flag field")&(1<<2) == 0 {
		return ""
	}
	i, l := n.ReadVarint(1)
	off := 1 + i + l
	if n.HasTag() {
		i2, l2 := n.ReadVarint(off)
		off += i2 + l2
	}
	var nameOff int32
	// Note that this field may not be aligned in memory,
	// so we cannot use a direct int32 assignment here.
	copy((*[4]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&nameOff))[:], (*[4]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(n.DataChecked(off, "name offset field")))[:])
	pkgPathName := name{(*byte)(resolveTypeOff(unsafe.Pointer(n.Bytes), nameOff))}
	return pkgPathName.name()
}

/*
 * The compiler knows the exact layout of all the data structures above.
 * The compiler does not know about the data structures and methods below.
 */

// resolveNameOff resolves a name offset from a base pointer.
// The (*rtype).nameOff method is a convenience wrapper for this function.
// Implemented in the runtime package.
//
//go:noescape
func resolveNameOff(ptrInModule unsafe.Pointer, off int32) unsafe.Pointer

// resolveTypeOff resolves an *rtype offset from a base type.
// The (*rtype).typeOff method is a convenience wrapper for this function.
// Implemented in the runtime package.
//
//go:noescape
func resolveTypeOff(rtype unsafe.Pointer, off int32) unsafe.Pointer

func (t rtype) nameOff(off nameOff) abi.Name {
	return abi.Name{Bytes: (*byte)(resolveNameOff(unsafe.Pointer(t.Type), int32(off)))}
}

func (t rtype) typeOff(off typeOff) *abi.Type {
	return (*abi.Type)(resolveTypeOff(unsafe.Pointer(t.Type), int32(off)))
}

func (t rtype) uncommon() *uncommonType {
	return t.Uncommon()
}

func (t rtype) String() string {
	s := t.nameOff(t.Str).Name()
	if t.TFlag&abi.TFlagExtraStar != 0 {
		return s[1:]
	}
	return s
}

func (t rtype) common() *abi.Type { return t.Type }

func (t rtype) exportedMethods() []abi.Method {
	ut := t.uncommon()
	if ut == nil {
		return nil
	}
	return ut.ExportedMethods()
}

func (t rtype) NumMethod() int {
	tt := t.Type.InterfaceType()
	if tt != nil {
		return tt.NumMethod()
	}
	return len(t.exportedMethods())
}

func (t rtype) PkgPath() string {
	if t.TFlag&abi.TFlagNamed == 0 {
		return ""
	}
	ut := t.uncommon()
	if ut == nil {
		return ""
	}
	return t.nameOff(ut.PkgPath).Name()
}

func (t rtype) Name() string {
	if !t.HasName() {
		return ""
	}
	s := t.String()
	i := len(s) - 1
	sqBrackets := 0
	for i >= 0 && (s[i] != '.' || sqBrackets != 0) {
		switch s[i] {
		case ']':
			sqBrackets++
		case '[':
			sqBrackets--
		}
		i--
	}
	return s[i+1:]
}

func toRType(t *abi.Type) rtype {
	return rtype{t}
}

func elem(t *abi.Type) *abi.Type {
	et := t.Elem()
	if et != nil {
		return et
	}
	panic("reflect: Elem of invalid type " + toRType(t).String())
}

func (t rtype) Elem() Type {
	return toType(elem(t.common()))
}

func (t rtype) In(i int) Type {
	tt := t.Type.FuncType()
	if tt == nil {
		panic("reflect: In of non-func type")
	}
	return toType(tt.InSlice()[i])
}

func (t rtype) Key() Type {
	tt := t.Type.MapType()
	if tt == nil {
		panic("reflect: Key of non-map type")
	}
	return toType(tt.Key)
}

func (t rtype) Len() int {
	tt := t.Type.ArrayType()
	if tt == nil {
		panic("reflect: Len of non-array type")
	}
	return int(tt.Len)
}

func (t rtype) NumField() int {
	tt := t.Type.StructType()
	if tt == nil {
		panic("reflect: NumField of non-struct type")
	}
	return len(tt.Fields)
}

func (t rtype) NumIn() int {
	tt := t.Type.FuncType()
	if tt == nil {
		panic("reflect: NumIn of non-func type")
	}
	return int(tt.InCount)
}

func (t rtype) NumOut() int {
	tt := t.Type.FuncType()
	if tt == nil {
		panic("reflect: NumOut of non-func type")
	}
	return tt.NumOut()
}

func (t rtype) Out(i int) Type {
	tt := t.Type.FuncType()
	if tt == nil {
		panic("reflect: Out of non-func type")
	}
	return toType(tt.OutSlice()[i])
}

// add returns p+x.
//
// The whySafe string is ignored, so that the function still inlines
// as efficiently as p+x, but all call sites should use the string to
// record why the addition is safe, which is to say why the addition
// does not cause x to advance to the very end of p's allocation
// and therefore point incorrectly at the next block in memory.
func add(p unsafe.Pointer, x uintptr, whySafe string) unsafe.Pointer {
	return unsafe.Pointer(uintptr(p) + x)
}

// TypeOf returns the reflection Type that represents the dynamic type of i.
// If i is a nil interface value, TypeOf returns nil.
func TypeOf(i any) Type {
	return toType(abi.TypeOf(i))
}

func (t rtype) Implements(u Type) bool {
	if u == nil {
		panic("reflect: nil type passed to Type.Implements")
	}
	if u.Kind() != Interface {
		panic("reflect: non-interface type passed to Type.Implements")
	}
	return implements(u.common(), t.common())
}

func (t rtype) AssignableTo(u Type) bool {
	if u == nil {
		panic("reflect: nil type passed to Type.AssignableTo")
	}
	uu := u.common()
	tt := t.common()
	return directlyAssignable(uu, tt) || implements(uu, tt)
}

func (t rtype) Comparable() bool {
	return t.Equal != nil
}

// implements reports whether the type V implements the interface type T.
func implements(T, V *abi.Type) bool {
	t := T.InterfaceType()
	if t == nil {
		return false
	}
	if len(t.Methods) == 0 {
		return true
	}
	rT := toRType(T)
	rV := toRType(V)

	// The same algorithm applies in both cases, but the
	// method tables for an interface type and a concrete type
	// are different, so the code is duplicated.
	// In both cases the algorithm is a linear scan over the two
	// lists - T's methods and V's methods - simultaneously.
	// Since method tables are stored in a unique sorted order
	// (alphabetical, with no duplicate method names), the scan
	// through V's methods must hit a match for each of T's
	// methods along the way, or else V does not implement T.
	// This lets us run the scan in overall linear time instead of
	// the quadratic time  a naive search would require.
	// See also ../runtime/iface.go.
	if V.Kind() == Interface {
		v := (*interfaceType)(unsafe.Pointer(V))
		i := 0
		for j := 0; j < len(v.Methods); j++ {
			tm := &t.Methods[i]
			tmName := rT.nameOff(tm.Name)
			vm := &v.Methods[j]
			vmName := rV.nameOff(vm.Name)
			if vmName.Name() == tmName.Name() && rV.typeOff(vm.Typ) == rT.typeOff(tm.Typ) {
				if !tmName.IsExported() {
					tmPkgPath := pkgPath(tmName)
					if tmPkgPath == "" {
						tmPkgPath = t.PkgPath.Name()
					}
					vmPkgPath := pkgPath(vmName)
					if vmPkgPath == "" {
						vmPkgPath = v.PkgPath.Name()
					}
					if tmPkgPath != vmPkgPath {
						continue
					}
				}
				if i++; i >= len(t.Methods) {
					return true
				}
			}
		}
		return false
	}

	v := V.Uncommon()
	if v == nil {
		return false
	}
	i := 0
	vmethods := v.Methods()
	for j := 0; j < int(v.Mcount); j++ {
		tm := &t.Methods[i]
		tmName := rT.nameOff(tm.Name)
		vm := vmethods[j]
		vmName := rV.nameOff(vm.Name)
		if vmName.Name() == tmName.Name() && rV.typeOff(vm.Mtyp) == rT.typeOff(tm.Typ) {
			if !tmName.IsExported() {
				tmPkgPath := pkgPath(tmName)
				if tmPkgPath == "" {
					tmPkgPath = t.PkgPath.Name()
				}
				vmPkgPath := pkgPath(vmName)
				if vmPkgPath == "" {
					vmPkgPath = rV.nameOff(v.PkgPath).Name()
				}
				if tmPkgPath != vmPkgPath {
					continue
				}
			}
			if i++; i >= len(t.Methods) {
				return true
			}
		}
	}
	return false
}

// directlyAssignable reports whether a value x of type V can be directly
// assigned (using memmove) to a value of type T.
// https://golang.org/doc/go_spec.html#Assignability
// Ignoring the interface rules (implemented elsewhere)
// and the ideal constant rules (no ideal constants at run time).
func directlyAssignable(T, V *abi.Type) bool {
	// x's type V is identical to T?
	if T == V {
		return true
	}

	// Otherwise at least one of T and V must not be defined
	// and they must have the same kind.
	if T.HasName() && V.HasName() || T.Kind() != V.Kind() {
		return false
	}

	// x's type T and V must  have identical underlying types.
	return haveIdenticalUnderlyingType(T, V, true)
}

func haveIdenticalType(T, V *abi.Type, cmpTags bool) bool {
	if cmpTags {
		return T == V
	}

	if toRType(T).Name() != toRType(V).Name() || T.Kind() != V.Kind() {
		return false
	}

	return haveIdenticalUnderlyingType(T, V, false)
}

func haveIdenticalUnderlyingType(T, V *abi.Type, cmpTags bool) bool {
	if T == V {
		return true
	}

	kind := T.Kind()
	if kind != V.Kind() {
		return false
	}

	// Non-composite types of equal kind have same underlying type
	// (the predefined instance of the type).
	if abi.Bool <= kind && kind <= abi.Complex128 || kind == abi.String || kind == abi.UnsafePointer {
		return true
	}

	// Composite types.
	switch kind {
	case abi.Array:
		return T.Len() == V.Len() && haveIdenticalType(T.Elem(), V.Elem(), cmpTags)

	case abi.Chan:
		// Special case:
		// x is a bidirectional channel value, T is a channel type,
		// and x's type V and T have identical element types.
		if V.ChanDir() == abi.BothDir && haveIdenticalType(T.Elem(), V.Elem(), cmpTags) {
			return true
		}

		// Otherwise continue test for identical underlying type.
		return V.ChanDir() == T.ChanDir() && haveIdenticalType(T.Elem(), V.Elem(), cmpTags)

	case abi.Func:
		t := (*funcType)(unsafe.Pointer(T))
		v := (*funcType)(unsafe.Pointer(V))
		if t.OutCount != v.OutCount || t.InCount != v.InCount {
			return false
		}
		for i := 0; i < t.NumIn(); i++ {
			if !haveIdenticalType(t.In(i), v.In(i), cmpTags) {
				return false
			}
		}
		for i := 0; i < t.NumOut(); i++ {
			if !haveIdenticalType(t.Out(i), v.Out(i), cmpTags) {
				return false
			}
		}
		return true

	case Interface:
		t := (*interfaceType)(unsafe.Pointer(T))
		v := (*interfaceType)(unsafe.Pointer(V))
		if len(t.Methods) == 0 && len(v.Methods) == 0 {
			return true
		}
		// Might have the same methods but still
		// need a run time conversion.
		return false

	case abi.Map:
		return haveIdenticalType(T.Key(), V.Key(), cmpTags) && haveIdenticalType(T.Elem(), V.Elem(), cmpTags)

	case Ptr, abi.Slice:
		return haveIdenticalType(T.Elem(), V.Elem(), cmpTags)

	case abi.Struct:
		t := (*structType)(unsafe.Pointer(T))
		v := (*structType)(unsafe.Pointer(V))
		if len(t.Fields) != len(v.Fields) {
			return false
		}
		if t.PkgPath.Name() != v.PkgPath.Name() {
			return false
		}
		for i := range t.Fields {
			tf := &t.Fields[i]
			vf := &v.Fields[i]
			if tf.Name.Name() != vf.Name.Name() {
				return false
			}
			if !haveIdenticalType(tf.Typ, vf.Typ, cmpTags) {
				return false
			}
			if cmpTags && tf.Name.Tag() != vf.Name.Tag() {
				return false
			}
			if tf.Offset != vf.Offset {
				return false
			}
			if tf.Embedded() != vf.Embedded() {
				return false
			}
		}
		return true
	}

	return false
}

// toType converts from a *rtype to a Type that can be returned
// to the client of package reflect. In gc, the only concern is that
// a nil *rtype must be replaced by a nil Type, but in gccgo this
// function takes care of ensuring that multiple *rtype for the same
// type are coalesced into a single Type.
func toType(t *abi.Type) Type {
	if t == nil {
		return nil
	}
	return toRType(t)
}

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