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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2009, 2011, 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.sun.cri.ri;
+
+
+import com.sun.cri.ci.*;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a reference to a field, including both resolved and unresolved fields. Fields, like methods and types, are
+ * resolved through {@link RiConstantPool constant pools}, and their actual implementation is provided by the
+ * {@link RiRuntime runtime} to the compiler.
+ */
+public interface RiField {
+    /**
+     * Gets the name of this field as a string.
+     * @return the name of this field
+     */
+    String name();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the type of this field as a compiler-runtime interface type.
+     * @return the type of this field
+     */
+    RiType type();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the kind of this field.
+     * @param architecture When true, the architecture-specific kind used for emitting machine code is returned.
+     *        When false, the kind according to the Java specification is returned.
+     * @return the kind
+     */
+    CiKind kind(boolean architecture);
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the holder of this field as a compiler-runtime interface type.
+     * @return the holder of this field
+     */
+    RiType holder();
+}