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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
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+ *
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+ */
+
+#ifndef SHARE_VM_OOPS_OOPHANDLE_HPP
+#define SHARE_VM_OOPS_OOPHANDLE_HPP
+
+#include "oops/oop.hpp"
+#include "runtime/atomic.hpp"
+#include "runtime/orderAccess.hpp"
+
+// Simple class for encapsulating oop pointers stored in metadata.
+// These are different from Handle.  The Handle class stores pointers
+// to oops on the stack, and manages the allocation from a thread local
+// area in the constructor.
+// This assumes that the caller will allocate the handle in the appropriate
+// area.  The reason for the encapsulation is to help with naming and to allow
+// future uses for read barriers.
+
+class OopHandle {
+private:
+  oop* _obj;
+
+public:
+  OopHandle() : _obj(NULL) {}
+  OopHandle(oop* w) : _obj(w) {}
+
+  oop resolve() const { return (_obj == NULL) ? (oop)NULL : *_obj; }
+};
+
+#endif // SHARE_VM_OOPS_OOPHANDLE_HPP