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003 *
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013package org.vmmagic.pragma;
014
015import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
016import java.lang.annotation.Target;
017import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
018import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
019import org.vmmagic.Pragma;
020
021/**
022 * Methods with this annotation do not perform a checkstore on stores
023 * into object arrays.  Intended to be used in Uninterruptible methods
024 * that use object arrays (and are guaranteed not to use them in a way
025 * that would lead to a checkstore violation).
026 */
027@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
028@Target({ElementType.METHOD})
029@Pragma
030public @interface NoCheckStore { }