path: root/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/backend/Platform.scala

/* NSC -- new Scala compiler
 * Copyright 2005-2013 LAMP/EPFL
 * @author  Paul Phillips
 */

package scala.tools.nsc
package backend

import io.AbstractFile
import scala.tools.nsc.util.ClassPath

/** The platform dependent pieces of Global.
 */
trait Platform {
  val symbolTable: symtab.SymbolTable
  import symbolTable._

  /** The new implementation of compiler classpath. */
  private[nsc] def classPath: ClassPath

  /** Update classpath with a substitution that maps entries to entries */
  def updateClassPath(subst: Map[ClassPath, ClassPath])

  /** Any platform-specific phases. */
  def platformPhases: List[SubComponent]

  /** Symbol for a method which compares two objects. */
  def externalEquals: Symbol

  /** The various ways a boxed primitive might materialize at runtime. */
  def isMaybeBoxed(sym: Symbol): Boolean

  /**
   * Tells whether a class with both a binary and a source representation
   * (found in classpath and in sourcepath) should be re-compiled. Behaves
   * on the JVM similar to javac, i.e. if the source file is newer than the classfile,
   * a re-compile is triggered. On .NET by contrast classfiles always take precedence.
   */
  def needCompile(bin: AbstractFile, src: AbstractFile): Boolean
}