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package com.oracle.max.graal.compiler.ir;

import com.oracle.max.graal.compiler.nodes.base.*;
import com.oracle.max.graal.compiler.nodes.spi.*;
import com.oracle.max.graal.graph.*;
import com.sun.cri.ci.*;
import com.sun.cri.ri.*;

/**
 * The {@code NewObjectArray} instruction represents an allocation of an object array.
 */
public final class NewObjectArray extends NewArray {

    final RiType elementClass;

    /**
     * Constructs a new NewObjectArray instruction.
     * @param elementClass the class of elements in this array
     * @param length the instruction producing the length of the array
     * @param graph
     */
    public NewObjectArray(RiType elementClass, ValueNode length, Graph graph) {
        super(length, graph);
        this.elementClass = elementClass;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the type of the elements of the array.
     * @return the element type of the array
     */
    public RiType elementType() {
        return elementClass;
    }

    @Override
    public CiKind elementKind() {
        return elementClass.kind();
    }

    @Override
    public RiType exactType() {
        return elementClass.arrayOf();
    }

    @Override
    public RiType declaredType() {
        return exactType();
    }

    @Override
    public void accept(ValueVisitor v) {
        v.visitNewObjectArray(this);
    }
}