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// ciSymbolKlass

//

// This class represents a klassOop in the HotSpot virtual machine

// whose Klass part in a symbolKlass.  Although, in the VM

// Klass hierarchy, symbolKlass is a direct subclass of typeArrayKlass,

// we do not model this relationship in the ciObject hierarchy -- the

// subclassing is used to share implementation and is not of note

// to compiler writers.

class ciSymbolKlass : public ciKlass {

  CI_PACKAGE_ACCESS

protected:

  ciSymbolKlass(KlassHandle h_k)

    : ciKlass(h_k, ciSymbol::make("unique_symbolKlass")) {

    assert(get_Klass()->oop_is_symbol(), "wrong type");

  }

  symbolKlass* get_symbolKlass() { return (symbolKlass*)get_Klass(); }

  const char* type_string() { return "ciSymbolKlass"; }

public:

  // What kind of ciObject is this?

  bool is_symbol_klass() { return true; }

  // Return the distinguished ciSymbolKlass instance.

  static ciSymbolKlass* make();

};