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005     *  You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
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011     *  regarding copyright ownership.
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013    package org.jikesrvm.compilers.opt.specialization;
014    
015    import org.jikesrvm.classloader.NormalMethod;
016    import org.jikesrvm.compilers.common.CompiledMethod;
017    
018    interface SpecializationContext {
019    
020      /**
021       * Find or create a specialized version of source for this
022       * context.  Do NOT compile it immediately.  However, DO
023       * allocate an spmd if needed
024       */
025      SpecializedMethod findOrCreateSpecializedVersion(NormalMethod source);
026    
027      /**
028       * Generate code for a specialized version of source in this
029       * context.
030       */
031      CompiledMethod specialCompile(NormalMethod source);
032    }
033    
034    
035