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package org.vmmagic.pragma;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import org.vmmagic.Pragma;
/**
* When applied to class this annotation indicates that the data component
* of this field consists of an intrisically managed chunk of raw memory of
* the specified size. This is used as the basic building block for native
* width types.
*
* To construct types larger than those possible with RawStorage, simply
* construct an type with multiple (Unboxed) fields.
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.TYPE})
@Pragma
public @interface RawStorage {
boolean lengthInWords();
int length();
}