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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 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
+ * questions.
+ */
+package com.oracle.graal.asm.amd64.test;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.*;
+
+import org.junit.*;
+
+import com.oracle.graal.api.code.*;
+import com.oracle.graal.api.meta.*;
+import com.oracle.graal.api.runtime.*;
+import com.oracle.graal.asm.amd64.*;
+import com.oracle.graal.test.*;
+
+public abstract class AMD64AssemblerTest extends GraalTest {
+
+    protected final CodeCacheProvider codeCache;
+
+    public interface CodeGenTest {
+
+        void generateCode(CompilationResult compResult, AMD64MacroAssembler asm, RegisterConfig registerConfig);
+    }
+
+    public AMD64AssemblerTest() {
+        this.codeCache = Graal.getRequiredCapability(CodeCacheProvider.class);
+    }
+
+    protected InstalledCode assembleMethod(Method m, CodeGenTest test) {
+        ResolvedJavaMethod method = codeCache.lookupJavaMethod(m);
+        RegisterConfig registerConfig = codeCache.lookupRegisterConfig(method);
+
+        CompilationResult compResult = new CompilationResult();
+        AMD64MacroAssembler asm = new AMD64MacroAssembler(codeCache.getTarget(), registerConfig);
+
+        test.generateCode(compResult, asm, registerConfig);
+
+        compResult.setTargetCode(asm.codeBuffer.close(true), asm.codeBuffer.position());
+        InstalledCode code = codeCache.addMethod(method, compResult, null);
+
+        return code;
+    }
+
+    protected void assertReturn(String methodName, CodeGenTest test, Object expected, Object... args) {
+        Method method = getMethod(methodName);
+        InstalledCode code = assembleMethod(method, test);
+
+        Object actual = code.executeVarargs(args);
+        Assert.assertEquals("unexpected return value: " + actual, actual, expected);
+    }
+}