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+++ b/graal/com.oracle.max.cri/src/com/sun/max/annotate/JavacBug.java	Sat Dec 17 19:59:18 2011 +0100
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 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.max.annotate;
+
+/**
+ * Used to indicate that an otherwise strange looking code pattern is required to work around a bug in javac.
+ */
+public @interface JavacBug {
+    /**
+     * A description of the bug. Only really useful if there is no existing entry for the bug in the <a href="http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/">Bug Database</a>.
+     */
+    String value() default "";
+
+    /**
+     * An identifier in the <a href="http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/">Bug Database</a>.
+     */
+    int id() default 0;
+}