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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
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+
+#ifndef SHARE_VM_RUNTIME_COMMANDLINEFLAGRANGELIST_HPP
+#define SHARE_VM_RUNTIME_COMMANDLINEFLAGRANGELIST_HPP
+
+#include "runtime/globals.hpp"
+#include "utilities/growableArray.hpp"
+
+/*
+ * Here we have a mechanism for extracting ranges specified in flag macro tables.
+ *
+ * The specified ranges are used to verify that flags have valid values.
+ *
+ * An example of a range is "min <= flag <= max". Both "min" and "max" must be
+ * constant and can not change. If either "min" or "max" can change,
+ * then we need to use constraint instead.
+ */
+
+class CommandLineFlagRange : public CHeapObj<mtInternal> {
+private:
+  const char* _name;
+public:
+  // the "name" argument must be a string literal
+  CommandLineFlagRange(const char* name) { _name=name; }
+  ~CommandLineFlagRange() {}
+  const char* name() { return _name; }
+  virtual Flag::Error check_int(int value, bool verbose = true) { ShouldNotReachHere(); return Flag::ERR_OTHER; }
+  virtual Flag::Error check_intx(intx value, bool verbose = true) { ShouldNotReachHere(); return Flag::ERR_OTHER; }
+  virtual Flag::Error check_uint(uint value, bool verbose = true) { ShouldNotReachHere(); return Flag::ERR_OTHER; }
+  virtual Flag::Error check_uintx(uintx value, bool verbose = true) { ShouldNotReachHere(); return Flag::ERR_OTHER; }
+  virtual Flag::Error check_uint64_t(uint64_t value, bool verbose = true) { ShouldNotReachHere(); return Flag::ERR_OTHER; }
+  virtual Flag::Error check_size_t(size_t value, bool verbose = true) { ShouldNotReachHere(); return Flag::ERR_OTHER; }
+  virtual Flag::Error check_double(double value, bool verbose = true) { ShouldNotReachHere(); return Flag::ERR_OTHER; }
+  virtual void print(outputStream* st) { ; }
+};
+
+class CommandLineFlagRangeList : public AllStatic {
+  static GrowableArray<CommandLineFlagRange*>* _ranges;
+public:
+  static void init();
+  static void add_globals_ext();
+  static int length() { return (_ranges != NULL) ? _ranges->length() : 0; }
+  static CommandLineFlagRange* at(int i) { return (_ranges != NULL) ? _ranges->at(i) : NULL; }
+  static CommandLineFlagRange* find(const char* name);
+  static void add(CommandLineFlagRange* range) { _ranges->append(range); }
+  static void print(const char* name, outputStream* st, bool unspecified = false);
+};
+
+#endif // SHARE_VM_RUNTIME_COMMANDLINEFLAGRANGELIST_HPP