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// All heaps contains a "permanent generation," containing permanent

// (reflective) objects.  This is like a regular generation in some ways,

// but unlike one in others, and so is split apart.

class Generation;

class GenRemSet;

class CSpaceCounters;

// PermGen models the part of the heap

class PermGen : public CHeapObj {

  friend class VMStructs;

 protected:

  size_t _capacity_expansion_limit;  // maximum expansion allowed without a

                                     // full gc occuring

 public:

  enum Name {

    MarkSweepCompact, MarkSweep, ConcurrentMarkSweep

  };

  // Permanent allocation (initialized)

  virtual HeapWord* mem_allocate(size_t size) = 0;

  // Mark sweep support

  virtual void compute_new_size() = 0;

  // Ideally, we would use MI (IMHO) but we'll do delegation instead.

  virtual Generation* as_gen() const = 0;

  virtual void oop_iterate(OopClosure* cl) {

    Generation* g = as_gen();

    assert(g != NULL, "as_gen() NULL");

    g->oop_iterate(cl);

  }

  virtual void object_iterate(ObjectClosure* cl) {

    Generation* g = as_gen();

    assert(g != NULL, "as_gen() NULL");

    g->object_iterate(cl);

  }

  // Performance Counter support

  virtual void update_counters() {

    Generation* g = as_gen();

    assert(g != NULL, "as_gen() NULL");

    g->update_counters();

  }

};