public abstract class

AbstractEExpressionOptimizer

extends AbstractEOptimizer
java.lang.Object
   ↳ com.pnfsoftware.jeb.core.AbstractPlugin
     ↳ com.pnfsoftware.jeb.core.units.code.asm.decompiler.opt.AbstractOptimizer<T extends com.pnfsoftware.jeb.core.units.code.asm.decompiler.opt.IOptimizerTarget>
       ↳ com.pnfsoftware.jeb.core.units.code.asm.decompiler.ir.opt.AbstractEOptimizer
         ↳ com.pnfsoftware.jeb.core.units.code.asm.decompiler.ir.opt.AbstractEExpressionOptimizer

Class Overview

Skeleton for a top-down, recursive, IEGeneric optimizer. Expressions are provided in depth-first, pre-order way: parent expressions are provided before their constituting children.

By default, IEStatements are not candidates for optimization (although they can be). Generally, IEStatements should be optimized via the use an AbstractEStatementOptimizer.

Summary

Nested Classes
class AbstractEExpressionOptimizer.EOR Optimized Expression  
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Inherited Constants
From interface com.pnfsoftware.jeb.core.units.code.asm.decompiler.opt.IOptimizer
Fields
protected IEStatement currentStatement This field holds a reference to the top-level parent statement of the expression currently being optimized.
protected boolean skipLeftSideOfAssignment Do not process left-side of statement.
protected boolean skipStatementProcessing Optimize only the constituents of the IRE statements, not the statements themselves.
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Inherited Fields
From class com.pnfsoftware.jeb.core.units.code.asm.decompiler.ir.opt.AbstractEOptimizer
From class com.pnfsoftware.jeb.core.units.code.asm.decompiler.opt.AbstractOptimizer
Public Constructors
AbstractEExpressionOptimizer(DataChainsUpdatePolicy dataChainsUpdatePolicy)
Public Methods
IEGeneric performOnExpression(IEGeneric exp, IERoutineContext ectx)
The default implementation does nothing and returns null.
Protected Methods
IEGeneric doSubstitution(IEGeneric e, SubstitutionDefinition... substitutions)
Attempt to apply the first matching SubstitutionDefinition on an IEGeneric expression.
abstract AbstractEExpressionOptimizer.EOR optimizeExpression(IEGeneric e)
Attempt to optimize expressions.
int perform()
Perform the optimization pass.
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Inherited Methods
From class com.pnfsoftware.jeb.core.units.code.asm.decompiler.ir.opt.AbstractEOptimizer
From class com.pnfsoftware.jeb.core.units.code.asm.decompiler.opt.AbstractOptimizer
From class com.pnfsoftware.jeb.core.AbstractPlugin
From class java.lang.Object
From interface com.pnfsoftware.jeb.core.IPlugin
From interface com.pnfsoftware.jeb.core.units.code.asm.decompiler.ir.opt.IEOptimizer
From interface com.pnfsoftware.jeb.core.units.code.asm.decompiler.opt.IOptimizer

Fields

protected IEStatement currentStatement

This field holds a reference to the top-level parent statement of the expression currently being optimized.

protected boolean skipLeftSideOfAssignment

Do not process left-side of statement. Exception: If the left-side is an IEMem, the memory reference is processed.
Default value: false.

protected boolean skipStatementProcessing

Optimize only the constituents of the IRE statements, not the statements themselves.
Default value: true.

Public Constructors

public AbstractEExpressionOptimizer (DataChainsUpdatePolicy dataChainsUpdatePolicy)

Parameters
dataChainsUpdatePolicy expression optimizers should have a policy of UPDATE_IF_OPTIMIZED or UPDATE_IF_REQUIRED

Public Methods

public IEGeneric performOnExpression (IEGeneric exp, IERoutineContext ectx)

The default implementation does nothing and returns null.

Parameters
exp IR expression to optimize
ectx helper routine context
Returns
  • non-null if the expression was optimized; null otherwise

Protected Methods

protected IEGeneric doSubstitution (IEGeneric e, SubstitutionDefinition... substitutions)

Attempt to apply the first matching SubstitutionDefinition on an IEGeneric expression.

Parameters
e the target expression to be matched and modified
substitutions a list of candidate substitutions
Returns
  • null if no substitution was performed, else the new expression

protected abstract AbstractEExpressionOptimizer.EOR optimizeExpression (IEGeneric e)

Attempt to optimize expressions. Sub-expressions may be examined. The implementor should not attempt to modify parent or cousins expressions.

Parameters
e IRE
Returns
  • the new (optimized) expression as well as DFA update hints, or null if the expression could not be optimized

protected int perform ()

Perform the optimization pass. The caller may request that data chains not be updated, whenever possible. (They may be updated internally by the optimizer, which has the final say as to how and when DFA calculations should be run.)

The above means that data chains after running this method may or may not have been modified, and may or may not be in a consistent state with the optimized CFG.

Returns
  • the result of a call to one of postPerform(...) or a negative number indicating an error has occurred and the optimizing process should be aborted