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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef SHARE_VM_METAPROGRAMMING_REMOVEPOINTER_HPP
+#define SHARE_VM_METAPROGRAMMING_REMOVEPOINTER_HPP
+
+#include "memory/allocation.hpp"
+
+// This metafunction returns for a type T either the underlying type behind
+// the pointer iff T is a pointer type (irrespective of CV qualifiers),
+// or the same type T if T is not a pointer type.
+
+template <typename T> struct RemovePointer: AllStatic { typedef T type; };
+
+template <typename T> struct RemovePointer<T*>: AllStatic { typedef T type; };
+template <typename T> struct RemovePointer<T* const>: AllStatic { typedef T type; };
+template <typename T> struct RemovePointer<T* volatile>: AllStatic { typedef T type; };
+template <typename T> struct RemovePointer<T* const volatile>: AllStatic { typedef T type; };
+
+#endif // SHARE_VM_METAPROGRAMMING_REMOVEPOINTER_HPP