--- a/src/hotspot/share/jfr/recorder/checkpoint/jfrCheckpointWriter.hpp	Wed Oct 30 16:14:56 2019 +0100
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jfr/recorder/checkpoint/jfrCheckpointWriter.hpp	Wed Oct 30 19:43:52 2019 +0100
@@ -54,23 +54,24 @@
 };
 
 class JfrCheckpointWriter : public JfrCheckpointWriterBase {
+  friend class JfrCheckpointManager;
   friend class JfrSerializerRegistration;
  private:
   JfrTicks _time;
   int64_t _offset;
   u4 _count;
-  bool _flushpoint;
+  JfrCheckpointType _type;
   bool _header;
 
   u4 count() const;
   void set_count(u4 count);
   void increment();
-  void set_flushpoint(bool flushpoint);
-  bool is_flushpoint() const;
   const u1* session_data(size_t* size, bool move = false, const JfrCheckpointContext* ctx = NULL);
   void release();
+  JfrCheckpointWriter(Thread* t, JfrBuffer* buffer, JfrCheckpointType type = GENERIC);
  public:
-  JfrCheckpointWriter(bool flushpoint, bool header, Thread* thread);
+  JfrCheckpointWriter(JfrCheckpointType type = GENERIC);
+  JfrCheckpointWriter(Thread* t, bool header = true, JfrCheckpointType mode = GENERIC);
   ~JfrCheckpointWriter();
   void write_type(JfrTypeId type_id);
   void write_count(u4 nof_entries);