MigrationStrategy.java

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 *  	Copyright 2014,
 *  		Luis Pina <luis@luispina.me>,
 *  		Michael Hicks <mwh@cs.umd.edu>
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package rubah.runtime.state.strategy;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Collection;

import rubah.runtime.state.MigratingProgramState;
import sun.misc.Unsafe;

public interface MigrationStrategy extends Serializable {
	/*default*/ static final Unsafe unsafe =
			(MigrationStrategy.class.getClassLoader() == null ? Unsafe.getUnsafe() : null);

	public MigrationStrategy setState(MigratingProgramState state);

	public void migrate(Object fromBase, long fromOffset, Object toBase, long toOffset);

	public Object migrate(Object obj);

	public void migrateStaticFields(Collection<Class<?>> classes);

	public MappingStrategy getMapping();

	public void waitForFinish();

	public String getDescription();

	public long countMigrated();
}