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// See LICENSE for license details.

package chisel3.aop

import chisel3.RawModule
import firrtl.annotations.{Annotation, NoTargetAnnotation}
import firrtl.options.Unserializable
import firrtl.AnnotationSeq

/** Represents an aspect of a Chisel module, by specifying
  * what behavior should be done to instance, via the FIRRTL Annotation Mechanism
  * @tparam T Type of top-level module
  */
abstract class Aspect[T <: RawModule] extends Annotation with Unserializable with NoTargetAnnotation {
  /** Convert this Aspect to a seq of FIRRTL annotation
    * @param top
    * @return
    */
  def toAnnotation(top: T): AnnotationSeq

  /** Called by [[chisel3.stage.phases.AspectPhase]] to resolve this Aspect into annotations
    * @param top
    * @return
    */
  private[chisel3] def resolveAspect(top: RawModule): AnnotationSeq = {
    toAnnotation(top.asInstanceOf[T])
  }
}

/** Holds utility functions for Aspect stuff */
object Aspect {

  /** Converts elaborated Chisel components to FIRRTL modules
    * @param chiselIR
    * @return
    */
  def getFirrtl(chiselIR: chisel3.internal.firrtl.Circuit): firrtl.ir.Circuit = {
    chisel3.internal.firrtl.Converter.convert(chiselIR)
  }
}