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package com.sun.max.lang;

import java.lang.reflect.*;

import com.sun.max.program.*;

public interface StaticFieldLiteral {

    String literal();

    void setLiteral(String literal);

    Class literalClass();

    void setLiteralClass(Class literalClass);

    public static final class Static {

        private Static() {
        }

        public static void initialize(Class staticFieldLiteralClass) {
            for (Field field : staticFieldLiteralClass.getDeclaredFields()) {
                if ((field.getModifiers() & Modifier.STATIC) != 0 && StaticFieldLiteral.class.isAssignableFrom(field.getType())) {
                    field.setAccessible(true);
                    try {
                        final StaticFieldLiteral staticFieldLiteral = (StaticFieldLiteral) field.get(staticFieldLiteralClass);
                        staticFieldLiteral.setLiteral(field.getName());
                        staticFieldLiteral.setLiteralClass(staticFieldLiteralClass);
                    } catch (IllegalAccessException illegalAccessException) {
                        throw ProgramError.unexpected("could not name literal of field: " + field);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

}