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package org.vmmagic.pragma;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import org.vmmagic.Pragma;
/**
* Methods of a class that implements this interface
* are treated specially by the machine code compiler:
* the method prologue saves all the volatile registers
* and the method epilogue restores all the volatile registers
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Pragma
public @interface SaveVolatile { }