Define the content-independent interfaces to read/write bitcode files and

the high-level interface to read/write LLVM IR bitcode files.

This is a work in progress.


git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@36329 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

include/llvm/Bitcode/ReaderWriter.h

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+//===-- llvm/Bitcode/ReaderWriter.h - Bitcode reader/writers ----*- C++ -*-===//
+//
+//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file was developed by Chris Lattner and is distributed under
+// the University of Illinois Open Source License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// This header defines interfaces to read and write LLVM bitcode files/streams.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLVM_BITCODE_H
+#define LLVM_BITCODE_H
+
+#include <iosfwd>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace llvm {
+  class Module;
+  class ModuleProvider;
+  
+  ModuleProvider *getBitcodeModuleProvider(const std::string &Filename,
+                                           std::string *ErrMsg = 0);
+
+  
+  /// ParseBitcodeFile - Read the specified bitcode file, returning the module.
+  /// If an error occurs, return null and fill in *ErrMsg if non-null.
+  Module *ParseBitcodeFile(const std::string &Filename,
+                           std::string *ErrMsg = 0);
+  
+  /// WriteBitcodeToFile - Write the specified module to the specified output
+  /// stream.
+  void WriteBitcodeToFile(const Module *M, std::ostream &Out);
+} // End llvm namespace
+
+#endif