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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ELF_STRING_TABLE_HPP
+#define __ELF_STRING_TABLE_HPP
+
+#ifndef _WINDOWS
+
+#include "memory/allocation.hpp"
+#include "utilities/decoder.hpp"
+#include "utilities/elfFile.hpp"
+
+
+// The string table represents a string table section in an elf file.
+// Whenever there is enough memory, it will load whole string table as
+// one blob. Otherwise, it will load string from file when requested.
+
+#define MAX_SYMBOL_LEN  256
+
+class ElfStringTable: CHeapObj {
+  friend class ElfFile;
+ public:
+  ElfStringTable(FILE* file, Elf_Shdr shdr, int index);
+  ~ElfStringTable();
+
+  // section index
+  int index() { return m_index; };
+
+  // get string at specified offset
+  const char* string_at(int offset);
+
+  // get status code
+  Decoder::decoder_status get_status() { return m_status; };
+
+ protected:
+  ElfStringTable*        m_next;
+
+  // section index
+  int                      m_index;
+
+  // holds complete string table if can
+  // allocate enough memory
+  const char*              m_table;
+
+  // file contains string table
+  FILE*                    m_file;
+
+  // section header
+  Elf_Shdr                 m_shdr;
+
+  // buffer for reading individual string
+  char                     m_symbol[MAX_SYMBOL_LEN];
+
+  // error code
+  Decoder::decoder_status  m_status;
+};
+
+#endif // _WINDOWS
+
+#endif // __ELF_STRING_TABLE_HPP
+