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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 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.nodes.spi;
+
+/**
+ * This interface allows nodes to perform more complicated simplifications, in contrast to {@link Canonicalizable},
+ * which supports only replacing the current node.
+ *
+ * Implementors of this interface need to be aware that they need to call {@link SimplifierTool#addToWorkList(com.oracle.graal.graph.Node)} for each node that might
+ * be influenced (in terms of simplification and canonicalization) by the actions performed in simplify.
+ */
+public interface Simplifiable {
+
+    void simplify(SimplifierTool tool);
+}