# HG changeset patch
# User Christian Haeubl <haeubl@ssw.jku.at>
# Date 1369129098 -7200
# Node ID 89cbd0119dc5cf07e7a49cedfd82604146c4278e
# Parent  7bd4a69b4ce152a56f22359ebde6c75e12beaee4
Added comment to explain the generics of AbstractJavaProfile.

diff -r 7bd4a69b4ce1 -r 89cbd0119dc5 graal/com.oracle.graal.api.meta/src/com/oracle/graal/api/meta/AbstractJavaProfile.java
--- a/graal/com.oracle.graal.api.meta/src/com/oracle/graal/api/meta/AbstractJavaProfile.java	Tue May 21 11:36:13 2013 +0200
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.api.meta/src/com/oracle/graal/api/meta/AbstractJavaProfile.java	Tue May 21 11:38:18 2013 +0200
@@ -25,10 +25,14 @@
 import java.io.*;
 
 /**
- * This profile object represents a certain set of profiling information at a specific BCI. The
- * precision of the supplied values may vary, but a runtime that provides this information should be
- * aware that it will be used to guide performance-critical decisions like speculative inlining,
- * etc.
+ * This object holds probability information for a set of items that were profiled at a specific
+ * BCI. The precision of the supplied values may vary, but a runtime that provides this information
+ * should be aware that it will be used to guide performance-critical decisions like speculative
+ * inlining, etc.
+ * 
+ * @param <T> a subclass of AbstractProfiledItem
+ * @param <U> the class of the items that are profiled at the specific BCI and for which
+ *            probabilities are stored. E.g., a ResolvedJavaType or a ResolvedJavaMethod.
  */
 public abstract class AbstractJavaProfile<T extends AbstractProfiledItem<U>, U> implements Serializable {