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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 2014, 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
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+ */
+package com.oracle.jvmci.meta;
+
+import java.lang.invoke.*;
+
+/**
+ * Interface to access the internals of the {@link MethodHandle} implementation of the VM. An
+ * implementation of this interface is usually required to access non-public classes, methods, and
+ * fields of {@link MethodHandle}, i.e., data that is not standardized by the Java specification.
+ */
+public interface MethodHandleAccessProvider {
+
+    /**
+     * Identification for methods defined on the class {@link MethodHandle} that are processed by
+     * the {@link MethodHandleAccessProvider}.
+     */
+    public enum IntrinsicMethod {
+        /** The method {@code MethodHandle.invokeBasic}. */
+        INVOKE_BASIC,
+        /** The method {@code MethodHandle.linkToStatic}. */
+        LINK_TO_STATIC,
+        /** The method {@code MethodHandle.linkToSpecial}. */
+        LINK_TO_SPECIAL,
+        /** The method {@code MethodHandle.linkToVirtual}. */
+        LINK_TO_VIRTUAL,
+        /** The method {@code MethodHandle.linkToInterface}. */
+        LINK_TO_INTERFACE
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the method handle method intrinsic identifier for the provided method, or
+     * {@code null} if the method is not an intrinsic processed by this interface.
+     */
+    IntrinsicMethod lookupMethodHandleIntrinsic(ResolvedJavaMethod method);
+
+    /**
+     * Resolves the invocation target for an invocation of {@link IntrinsicMethod#INVOKE_BASIC
+     * MethodHandle.invokeBasic} with the given constant receiver {@link MethodHandle}. Returns
+     * {@code null} if the invocation target is not available at this time.
+     * <p>
+     * The first invocations of a method handle can use an interpreter to lookup the actual invoked
+     * method; frequently executed method handles can use Java bytecode generation to avoid the
+     * interpreter overhead. If the parameter forceBytecodeGeneration is set to true, the VM should
+     * try to generate bytecodes before this method returns.
+     */
+    ResolvedJavaMethod resolveInvokeBasicTarget(JavaConstant methodHandle, boolean forceBytecodeGeneration);
+
+    /**
+     * Resolves the invocation target for an invocation of a {@code MethodHandle.linkTo*} method
+     * with the given constant member name. The member name is the last parameter of the
+     * {@code linkTo*} method. Returns {@code null} if the invocation target is not available at
+     * this time.
+     */
+    ResolvedJavaMethod resolveLinkToTarget(JavaConstant memberName);
+}