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package com.sun.max.tele;
import com.sun.max.unsafe.*;
import com.sun.max.vm.runtime.*;
/**
* Access to the "thread locals block" of storage for a thread in the VM.
*/
public interface MaxThreadLocalsBlock extends MaxEntity<MaxThreadLocalsBlock> {
/**
* Gets the thread that owns the thread locals block; doesn't change.
* <br>
* Thread-safe
*
* @return the thread that owns this thread locals block.
*/
MaxThread thread();
/**
* Gets the VM thread locals area corresponding to a given safepoint state.
*/
MaxThreadLocalsArea tlaFor(SafepointPoll.State state);
/**
* Gets the thread locals area in this thread, if any, that includes
* a specified memory address in the VM.
* <br>
* Thread-safe
*
* @param address a memory location in the VM
* @return the thread locals area in this thread that contains the address, null if none.
*/
MaxThreadLocalsArea findTLA(Address address);
}