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/**
 * The runtime-provided part of the bi-directional interface between the compiler and the runtime system of a virtual machine for the
 * instruction set defined in {@link com.oracle.graal.compiler.graphbuilder.Bytecodes}.
 * <p>
 * Unlike the {@link com.oracle.max.cri.ci compiler-provided interface}, the runtime-provided interface is specified largely
 * using interfaces, that must be implemented by classes provided by a specific runtime implementation.
 * <p>
 * {@link com.oracle.max.cri.ri.RiRuntime} encapsulates the main functionality of the runtime for the compiler.
 * <p>
 * Types (i.e., primitives, classes and interfaces}, fields and methods are represented by {@link com.oracle.graal.api.meta.RiType},
 * {@link com.oracle.graal.api.meta.RiField} and {@link com.oracle.graal.api.meta.RiMethod}, respectively, with additional support from
 * {@link com.oracle.graal.api.meta.RiSignature} and {@link com.oracle.graal.api.meta.RiExceptionHandler}. Access to the runtime constant pool
 * is through {@link com.oracle.graal.api.meta.RiConstantPool}.
 */
package com.oracle.graal.api.meta;