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/**
* A virtual machine compiler-runtime interface (CRI).
* <p>
* Specifically, this package defines an interface between the compiler and the runtime system of a virtual machine for
* the instruction set defined in {@link com.sun.cri.bytecode.Bytecodes}. The interface has three components:
* <ol>
* <li>the {@link com.sun.cri.ci compiler-provided interface} that must be used by the runtime.</li>
* <li>the {@link com.sun.cri.ri runtime-provided interface} that must be used by the compiler.</li>
* <li>the {@link com.sun.cri.xir XIR interface} for translating object operations.</li>
* </ol>
*
* The interface is independent of any particular compiler or runtime implementation.
* <p>
* For more details see <a href="http://labs.oracle.com/projects/maxine/publications/vee2010.pdf">Improving Compiler-Runtime Separation with XIR</a>.
*/
package com.sun.cri;