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package org.jikesrvm.compilers.opt.specialization;
import org.jikesrvm.classloader.NormalMethod;
import org.jikesrvm.compilers.common.CompiledMethod;
interface SpecializationContext {
/**
* Find or create a specialized version of source for this
* context. Do NOT compile it immediately. However, DO
* allocate an spmd if needed
*/
SpecializedMethod findOrCreateSpecializedVersion(NormalMethod source);
/**
* Generate code for a specialized version of source in this
* context.
*/
CompiledMethod specialCompile(NormalMethod source);
}