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package com.oracle.graal.api.meta;

import java.lang.reflect.*;


public interface MetaAccessProvider {


    /**
     * Returns the RiType object representing the base type for the given kind.
     */
    RiResolvedType asRiType(Kind kind);

    /**
     * Returns the type of the given constant object.
     *
     * @return {@code null} if {@code constant.isNull() || !constant.kind.isObject()}
     */
    RiResolvedType getTypeOf(Constant constant);


    RiResolvedType getType(Class<?> clazz);

    /**
     * Used by the canonicalizer to compare objects, since a given runtime might not want to expose the real objects to the compiler.
     *
     * @return true if the two parameters represent the same runtime object, false otherwise
     */
    boolean areConstantObjectsEqual(Constant x, Constant y);

    /**
     * Provides the {@link RiMethod} for a {@link Method} obtained via reflection.
     */
    RiResolvedMethod getRiMethod(Method reflectionMethod);

    /**
     * Gets the length of the array that is wrapped in a CiConstant object.
     */
    int getArrayLength(Constant array);
}