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package com.oracle.graal.nodes.memory;

/**
 * Encapsulates properties of a node describing how it accesses the heap.
 */
public interface HeapAccess {

    /**
     * The types of (write/read) barriers attached to stores.
     */
    public enum BarrierType {
        /**
         * Primitive stores which do not necessitate barriers.
         */
        NONE,
        /**
         * Array object stores which necessitate precise barriers.
         */
        PRECISE,
        /**
         * Field object stores which necessitate imprecise barriers.
         */
        IMPRECISE
    }

    /**
     * Gets the write barrier type for that particular access.
     */
    BarrierType getBarrierType();
}