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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 2015, 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).
+ *
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+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
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+ */
+package org.graalvm.compiler.core.test.backend;
+
+import jdk.vm.ci.code.Architecture;
+
+import org.graalvm.compiler.core.GraalCompiler;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.core.test.GraalCompilerTest;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.debug.Debug;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.debug.Debug.Scope;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.lir.gen.LIRGenerationResult;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.StructuredGraph;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.phases.OptimisticOptimizations;
+
+public abstract class BackendTest extends GraalCompilerTest {
+
+    public BackendTest() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    public BackendTest(Class<? extends Architecture> arch) {
+        super(arch);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("try")
+    protected LIRGenerationResult getLIRGenerationResult(final StructuredGraph graph) {
+        try (Scope s = Debug.scope("FrontEnd")) {
+            GraalCompiler.emitFrontEnd(getProviders(), getBackend(), graph, getDefaultGraphBuilderSuite(), OptimisticOptimizations.NONE, graph.getProfilingInfo(), getSuites());
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            throw Debug.handle(e);
+        }
+
+        LIRGenerationResult lirGen = GraalCompiler.emitLIR(getBackend(), graph, null, null, getLIRSuites());
+        return lirGen;
+    }
+
+}