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package org.xmlvm.refcount.optimizations;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import org.jdom.DataConversionException;
import org.jdom.Element;
import org.xmlvm.refcount.CodePath;
import org.xmlvm.refcount.InstructionActions;
import org.xmlvm.refcount.ReferenceCountingException;
/**
* A growing interface used to add optimizations to the reference counting
* module.
*/
public interface RefCountOptimization
{
/**
* Used to add instructions to the start of a method
*/
public class ReturnValue
{
public List<Element> functionInit= new ArrayList<Element>();
}
/**
* This interface allows an implementor to make changes to nulling releases
* and retains as it desires, based on all the processing that as already
* occurred.
*/
public ReturnValue Process(List<CodePath> allCodePaths, Map<Element, InstructionActions> beenTo, Element codeElement) throws ReferenceCountingException, DataConversionException;
}