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+/*
+ * Copyright 1999-2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  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 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ *
+ */
+
+// ciSymbol
+//
+// This class represents a symbolOop in the HotSpot virtual
+// machine.
+class ciSymbol : public ciObject {
+  CI_PACKAGE_ACCESS
+  friend class ciEnv;
+  friend class ciInstanceKlass;
+  friend class ciSignature;
+  friend class ciMethod;
+  friend class ciObjArrayKlass;
+
+private:
+  ciSymbol(symbolOop s) : ciObject(s) {}
+  ciSymbol(symbolHandle s);   // for use with vmSymbolHandles
+
+  symbolOop get_symbolOop() { return (symbolOop)get_oop(); }
+
+  const char* type_string() { return "ciSymbol"; }
+
+  void print_impl(outputStream* st);
+
+  int         byte_at(int i);
+  jbyte*      base();
+
+  // Make a ciSymbol from a C string (implementation).
+  static ciSymbol* make_impl(const char* s);
+
+public:
+  // The text of the symbol as a null-terminated utf8 string.
+  const char* as_utf8();
+  int         utf8_length();
+
+  // What kind of ciObject is this?
+  bool is_symbol() { return true; }
+
+  void print_symbol_on(outputStream* st);
+  void print_symbol() {
+    print_symbol_on(tty);
+  }
+
+  // Make a ciSymbol from a C string.
+  // Consider adding to vmSymbols.hpp instead of using this constructor.
+  // (Your code will be less subject to typographical bugs.)
+  static ciSymbol* make(const char* s);
+
+#define CI_SYMBOL_DECLARE(name, ignore_def) \
+  static ciSymbol* name() { return ciObjectFactory::vm_symbol_at(vmSymbols::VM_SYMBOL_ENUM_NAME(name)); }
+  VM_SYMBOLS_DO(CI_SYMBOL_DECLARE, CI_SYMBOL_DECLARE)
+#undef CI_SYMBOL_DECLARE
+};