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*
* Copyright (C) 2003-2015 JNode.org
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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*
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*
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*/
package org.jnode.assembler;
/**
* Interface that contains methods that can be used during the creation
* of the boot image, but not at runtime.
*
* @author Ewout Prangsma (epr@users.sourceforge.net)
*/
public interface BootImageNativeStream {
/**
* Write a reference to the given object
*
* @param object
*/
public void writeObjectRef(Object object);
/**
* Write a reference to the given object
*
* @param object
*/
public void setObjectRef(int offset, Object object);
/**
* Allocate space from the current position and return the current position.
*
* @param size
* @return The start of the allocated region.
*/
public int allocate(int size);
}