From 7dd2d7db355d8dd9e1fc49ed7cd479ce5273b691 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jiuyang Liu
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 05:12:24 +0000
Subject: add helper function to convert chirrtl to firrtl. (#1854)

* add convert(chirrtl: cir.Circuit): fir.Circuit to convert chirrtl to firrtl.

* add scaladoc.

* add test.

Co-authored-by: mergify[bot] <37929162+mergify[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>---
 src/main/scala/chisel3/stage/ChiselStage.scala | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src/main/scala')

diff --git a/src/main/scala/chisel3/stage/ChiselStage.scala b/src/main/scala/chisel3/stage/ChiselStage.scala
index 1bcf5124..989b3a17 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/chisel3/stage/ChiselStage.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/chisel3/stage/ChiselStage.scala
@@ -172,6 +172,26 @@ object ChiselStage {
       .get
   }
 
+  /** Return a [[firrtl.ir.Circuit]] for a [[chisel3.internal.firrtl.Circuit]](aka chirrtl)
+    * @param chirrtl [[chisel3.internal.firrtl.Circuit]] which need to be converted to [[firrtl.ir.Circuit]]
+    */
+  def convert(chirrtl: cir.Circuit): fir.Circuit = {
+    val phase = new ChiselPhase {
+      override val targets = Seq(
+        Dependency[chisel3.stage.phases.AddImplicitOutputFile],
+        Dependency[chisel3.stage.phases.AddImplicitOutputAnnotationFile],
+        Dependency[chisel3.stage.phases.MaybeAspectPhase],
+        Dependency[chisel3.stage.phases.Convert] )
+    }
+
+    phase
+      .transform(Seq(ChiselCircuitAnnotation(chirrtl)))
+      .collectFirst {
+        case FirrtlCircuitAnnotation(a) => a
+      }
+      .get
+  }
+
   /** Return a CHIRRTL string for a Chisel module
     * @param gen a call-by-name Chisel module
     */
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