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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.hotspot.stubs;
+
+import org.graalvm.compiler.api.replacements.Snippet;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.api.replacements.Snippet.ConstantParameter;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.debug.GraalError;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.HotSpotForeignCallLinkage;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.hotspot.meta.HotSpotProviders;
+
+import jdk.vm.ci.code.Register;
+
+/**
+ * Stub to allocate a {@link NullPointerException} thrown by a bytecode.
+ */
+public class NullPointerExceptionStub extends CreateExceptionStub {
+
+    public NullPointerExceptionStub(HotSpotProviders providers, HotSpotForeignCallLinkage linkage) {
+        super("createNullPointerException", providers, linkage);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Object getConstantParameterValue(int index, String name) {
+        GraalError.guarantee(index == 0, "unknown parameter %s at index %d", name, index);
+        return providers.getRegisters().getThreadRegister();
+    }
+
+    @Snippet
+    private static Object createNullPointerException(@ConstantParameter Register threadRegister) {
+        return createException(threadRegister, NullPointerException.class);
+    }
+}