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package com.oracle.graal.hotspot;

import com.oracle.graal.api.meta.*;
import com.oracle.graal.compiler.gen.*;
import com.oracle.graal.hotspot.nodes.*;
import com.oracle.graal.nodes.spi.*;

/**
 * This interface defines the contract a HotSpot backend LIR generator needs to fulfill in addition
 * to abstract methods from {@link LIRGenerator} and {@link LIRGeneratorTool}.
 */
public interface HotSpotLIRGenerator {

    /**
     * Emits an operation to make a tail call.
     * 
     * @param args the arguments of the call
     * @param address the target address of the call
     */
    void emitTailcall(Value[] args, Value address);

    void visitDirectCompareAndSwap(DirectCompareAndSwapNode x);
}