- /// not available. The caller owns the MemoryBuffer returned by this function.
- MemoryBuffer* getObjectCopy(const Module* M) {
- const MemoryBuffer* Obj = getObject(M);
- if (Obj)
- return MemoryBuffer::getMemBufferCopy(Obj->getBuffer());
- else
- return 0;
- }
-
-protected:
- /// getObject - Returns a pointer to a MemoryBuffer that contains an object
- /// that corresponds with Module M, or 0 if an object is not available.
- /// The pointer returned by this function is not suitable for loading because
- /// the memory is read-only and owned by the ObjectCache. To retrieve an
- /// owning pointer to a MemoryBuffer (which is suitable for calling
- /// RuntimeDyld::loadObject() with) use getObjectCopy() instead.
- virtual const MemoryBuffer* getObject(const Module* M) = 0;
+ /// not available. The caller owns both the MemoryBuffer returned by this
+ /// and the memory it references.
+ virtual MemoryBuffer* getObject(const Module* M) = 0;