content: package mars.mips.dump;
  
  /*
   * Copyright (c) 2003-2008, Pete Sanderson and Kenneth Vollmar
   *
   * Developed by Pete Sanderson (psanderson@otterbein.edu) and Kenneth Vollmar
   * (kenvollmar@missouristate.edu)
   *
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  import java.io.File;
  import java.io.IOException;
  
  import mars.mips.hardware.AddressErrorException;
  
  /**
   * The Memory Initialization File (.mif) VHDL-supported file format This is
   * documented for the Altera platform at
   * www.altera.com/support/software/nativelink/quartus2/glossary/def_mif.html.
   *
   * @author Pete Sanderson
   * @version December 2007
   */
  
  // NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME.  WHEN IT IS, UNCOMMENT THE "extends" CLAUSE
  // AND THE SUPERCLASS CONSTRUCTOR CALL SO THE FORMAT LOADER WILL ACCEPT IT
  // AND IT WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST.
  public class MIFDumpFormat { //extends AbstractDumpFormat {
  
  	/**
  	 * Constructor. File extention is "mif".
  	 */
  	public MIFDumpFormat() {
  		//   super("MIF", "MIF", "Written as Memory Initialization File (Altera)", "mif");
  	}
  
  	/**
  	 * Write MIPS memory contents according to the Memory Initialization File (MIF)
  	 * specification.
  	 *
  	 * @param file         File in which to store MIPS memory contents.
  	 * @param firstAddress first (lowest) memory address to dump. In bytes but must
  	 *                     be on word boundary.
  	 * @param lastAddress  last (highest) memory address to dump. In bytes but must
  	 *                     be on word boundary. Will dump the word that starts at
  	 *                     this address.
  	 * @throws AddressErrorException if firstAddress is invalid or not on a word
  	 *                               boundary.
  	 * @throws IOException           if error occurs during file output.
  	 */
  	public void dumpMemoryRange(final File file, final int firstAddress, final int lastAddress)
  			throws AddressErrorException, IOException {
  
  	}
  }
  