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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2009, 2011, 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).
+ *
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
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+ */
+package com.oracle.max.cri.ri;
+
+/**
+ * Represents the runtime representation of the constant pool that is
+ * used by the compiler when parsing bytecode. The {@code lookupXXX} methods look up a constant
+ * pool entry without performing resolution, and are used during compilation.
+ */
+public interface RiConstantPool {
+
+    /**
+     * Makes sure that the type referenced by the specified constant pool entry is loaded and
+     * initialized. This can be used to compile time resolve a type. It works for field, method,
+     * or type constant pool entries.
+     * @param cpi the index of the constant pool entry that references the type
+     * @param opcode the opcode of the instruction that references the type
+     */
+    void loadReferencedType(int cpi, int opcode);
+
+    /**
+     * Looks up a reference to a field. If {@code opcode} is non-negative, then resolution checks
+     * specific to the JVM instruction it denotes are performed if the field is already resolved.
+     * Should any of these checks fail, an {@linkplain RiField#isResolved() unresolved}
+     * field reference is returned.
+     *
+     * @param cpi the constant pool index
+     * @param opcode the opcode of the instruction for which the lookup is being performed or {@code -1}
+     * @return a reference to the field at {@code cpi} in this pool
+     * @throws ClassFormatError if the entry at {@code cpi} is not a field
+     */
+    RiField lookupField(int cpi, int opcode);
+
+    /**
+     * Looks up a reference to a method. If {@code opcode} is non-negative, then resolution checks
+     * specific to the JVM instruction it denotes are performed if the method is already resolved.
+     * Should any of these checks fail, an {@linkplain RiMethod#isResolved() unresolved}
+     * method reference is returned.
+     *
+     * @param cpi the constant pool index
+     * @param opcode the opcode of the instruction for which the lookup is being performed or {@code -1}
+     * @return a reference to the method at {@code cpi} in this pool
+     * @throws ClassFormatError if the entry at {@code cpi} is not a method
+     */
+    RiMethod lookupMethod(int cpi, int opcode);
+
+    /**
+     * Looks up a reference to a type. If {@code opcode} is non-negative, then resolution checks
+     * specific to the JVM instruction it denotes are performed if the type is already resolved.
+     * Should any of these checks fail, an {@linkplain RiType#isResolved() unresolved}
+     * type reference is returned.
+     *
+     * @param cpi the constant pool index
+     * @param opcode the opcode of the instruction for which the lookup is being performed or {@code -1}
+     * @return a reference to the compiler interface type
+     */
+    RiType lookupType(int cpi, int opcode);
+
+    /**
+     * Looks up a method signature.
+     *
+     * @param cpi the constant pool index
+     * @return the method signature at index {@code cpi} in this constant pool
+     */
+    RiSignature lookupSignature(int cpi);
+
+    /**
+     * Looks up a constant at the specified index.
+     * @param cpi the constant pool index
+     * @return the {@code CiConstant} instance representing the constant
+     */
+    Object lookupConstant(int cpi);
+}