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1 /*
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2 * Copyright (c) 2009, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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3 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
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4 *
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5 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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6 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
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7 * published by the Free Software Foundation.
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8 *
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9 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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10 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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11 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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12 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
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13 * accompanied this code).
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14 *
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15 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
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16 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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17 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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18 *
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19 * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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20 * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
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21 * questions.
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22 */
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23 /**
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24 * The runtime-provided part of the bi-directional interface between the compiler and the runtime system of a virtual machine for the
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25 * instruction set defined in {@link com.sun.cri.bytecode.Bytecodes}.
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26 * <p>
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27 * Unlike the {@link com.sun.cri.ci compiler-provided interface}, the runtime-provided interface is specified largely
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28 * using interfaces, that must be implemented by classes provided by a specific runtime implementation.
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29 * <p>
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30 * {@link com.sun.cri.ri.RiRuntime} encapsulates the main functionality of the runtime for the compiler.
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31 * <p>
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32 * Types (i.e., primitives, classes and interfaces}, fields and methods are represented by {@link com.sun.cri.ri.RiType}, {@link com.sun.cri.ri.RiField} and {@link com.sun.cri.ri.RiMethod}, respectively, with additional support from
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33 * {@link com.sun.cri.ri.RiSignature} and {@link com.sun.cri.ri.RiExceptionHandler}. Access to the runtime constant pool
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34 * is through {@link com.sun.cri.ri.RiConstantPool}.
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35 */
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36 package com.sun.cri.ri;