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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2009, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package com.oracle.jvmci.meta;
+
+import java.util.*;
+
+/**
+ * The name and signature of a foreign call. A foreign call differs from a normal compiled Java call
+ * in at least one of these aspects:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>The call is to C/C++/assembler code.</li>
+ * <li>The call uses different conventions for passing parameters or returning values.</li>
+ * <li>The callee has different register saving semantics. For example, the callee may save all
+ * registers (apart from some specified temporaries) in which case the register allocator doesn't
+ * not need to spill all live registers around the call site.</li>
+ * <li>The call does not occur at an INVOKE* bytecode. Such a call could be transformed into a
+ * standard Java call if the foreign routine is a normal Java method and the runtime supports
+ * linking Java calls at arbitrary bytecodes.</li>
+ * </ul>
+ */
+public class ForeignCallDescriptor {
+
+    private final String name;
+    private final Class<?> resultType;
+    private final Class<?>[] argumentTypes;
+
+    public ForeignCallDescriptor(String name, Class<?> resultType, Class<?>... argumentTypes) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.resultType = resultType;
+        this.argumentTypes = argumentTypes;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the name of this foreign call.
+     */
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the return type of this foreign call.
+     */
+    public Class<?> getResultType() {
+        return resultType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the argument types of this foreign call.
+     */
+    public Class<?>[] getArgumentTypes() {
+        return argumentTypes.clone();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return name.hashCode();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (obj instanceof ForeignCallDescriptor) {
+            ForeignCallDescriptor other = (ForeignCallDescriptor) obj;
+            return other.name.equals(name) && other.resultType.equals(resultType) && Arrays.equals(other.argumentTypes, argumentTypes);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(name).append('(');
+        String sep = "";
+        for (Class<?> arg : argumentTypes) {
+            sb.append(sep).append(arg.getSimpleName());
+            sep = ",";
+        }
+        return sb.append(')').append(resultType.getSimpleName()).toString();
+    }
+}