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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package org.graalvm.compiler.core.common.spi;
+
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaConstant;
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ResolvedJavaField;
+
+/**
+ * Implements the logic that decides whether a field read should be constant folded.
+ */
+public interface ConstantFieldProvider {
+
+    public interface ConstantFieldTool<T> {
+
+        JavaConstant readValue();
+
+        JavaConstant getReceiver();
+
+        T foldConstant(JavaConstant ret);
+
+        T foldStableArray(JavaConstant ret, int stableDimensions, boolean isDefaultStable);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Decide whether a read from the {@code field} should be constant folded. This should return
+     * {@link ConstantFieldTool#foldConstant} or {@link ConstantFieldTool#foldStableArray} if the
+     * read should be constant folded, or {@code null} otherwise.
+     */
+    <T> T readConstantField(ResolvedJavaField field, ConstantFieldTool<T> tool);
+}