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+/*
+ * Copyright 2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  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 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ *
+ */
+
+package sun.jvm.hotspot.debugger;
+
+public interface SymbolLookup {
+  /** Looks up the given symbol in the context of the given object.
+
+      <P>
+
+      FIXME: we may want to hide the objectName so the user does not
+      have to specify it, but it isn't clear whether this will work
+      transparently with dbx.
+
+      <P>
+
+      FIXME: what happens if the address is not found? Throw
+      exception? Currently returns null. */
+  public Address lookup(String objectName, String symbol);
+
+  /** Looks up the given symbol in the context of the given object,
+      assuming that symbol refers to a Java object.
+
+      FIXME: still not sure whether this will be necessary. Seems that
+      lookup of static fields with type "oop" already works, since the
+      lookup routine returns the address of the oop (i.e., an
+      oopDesc**).
+
+      <P>
+
+      FIXME: we may want to hide the objectName so the user does not
+      have to specify it, but it isn't clear whether this will work
+      transparently with dbx.
+
+      <P>
+
+      FIXME: what happens if the address is not found? Throw
+      exception? Currently returns null. */
+  public OopHandle lookupOop(String objectName, String symbol);
+}