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Module jdk.incubator.foreign
Package jdk.incubator.foreign

# Interface Addressable

All Known Subinterfaces:
  `MemoryAddress`, `MemorySegment`, `NativeSymbol`, `VaList`

public sealed interface Addressable permits MemorySegment, MemoryAddress, NativeSymbol, VaList
Represents a type which is addressable. An addressable type is one which can be projected down to a memory address . Examples of addressable types are `MemorySegment`, `MemoryAddress`, `VaList` and `NativeSymbol`.

The `Addressable` type is used by the `C linker` to model the types of `downcall handle` parameters that must be passed by reference (e.g. memory addresses, va lists and upcall stubs).

Implementation Requirements:
  Implementations of this interface are value-based.

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `MemoryAddress`
  `address()`
  Returns the memory address associated with this addressable.

- ## Method Details

  - ### address

    MemoryAddress address()
    Returns the memory address associated with this addressable.
    Returns:
      the memory address associated with this addressable