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package com.sun.max.annotate;

import java.lang.annotation.*;

/**
 * Marks a method as being implemented by a compiler intrinsic.
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
public @interface INTRINSIC {
    /**
     * The id of the intrinsic, which is used by the compiler to lookup an implementation of the intrinsic.
     */
    String value();


    /**
     * Marks a parameter of an intrinsic method as a compile-time parameter. Callers of the intrinsic
     * must make sure to pass only constants. This is not checked by the Java compiler or classloader,
     * but the compiler will fail when the parameter is not a constant.
     */
    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
    @Target(ElementType.PARAMETER)
    public @interface Constant {
    }
}