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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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.nodes;
+
+import java.util.EnumMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+
+import org.graalvm.compiler.core.common.LocationIdentity;
+
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaKind;
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaKind.FormatWithToString;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link LocationIdentity} with a name.
+ */
+public class NamedLocationIdentity extends LocationIdentity implements FormatWithToString {
+
+    /**
+     * Map for asserting all {@link NamedLocationIdentity} instances have a unique name.
+     */
+    static class DB {
+        private static final HashSet<String> map = new HashSet<>();
+
+        static boolean checkUnique(String name) {
+            if (!map.add(name)) {
+                throw new AssertionError("identity " + name + " already exists");
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Denotes the location of a value that is guaranteed to be unchanging.
+     */
+    public static final LocationIdentity FINAL_LOCATION = NamedLocationIdentity.immutable("FINAL_LOCATION");
+
+    /**
+     * Denotes the location of the length field of a Java array.
+     */
+    public static final LocationIdentity ARRAY_LENGTH_LOCATION = NamedLocationIdentity.immutable("[].length");
+
+    public static LocationIdentity any() {
+        return ANY_LOCATION;
+    }
+
+    private final String name;
+    private final boolean immutable;
+
+    protected NamedLocationIdentity(String name, boolean immutable) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.immutable = immutable;
+        assert DB.checkUnique(name);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a named unique location identity for read and write operations against mutable
+     * memory.
+     *
+     * @param name the name of the new location identity
+     */
+    public static NamedLocationIdentity mutable(String name) {
+        return create(name, false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a named unique location identity for read operations against immutable memory.
+     * Immutable memory will never have a visible write in the graph, which is more restictive than
+     * Java final.
+     *
+     * @param name the name of the new location identity
+     */
+    public static NamedLocationIdentity immutable(String name) {
+        return create(name, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a named unique location identity for read and write operations.
+     *
+     * @param name the name of the new location identity
+     * @param immutable true if the location is immutable
+     */
+    private static NamedLocationIdentity create(String name, boolean immutable) {
+        return new NamedLocationIdentity(name, immutable);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isImmutable() {
+        return immutable;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return name + (isImmutable() ? ":final" : "");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the named location identity for an array of the given element kind. Array accesses of
+     * the same kind must have the same location identity unless an alias analysis guarantees that
+     * two distinct arrays are accessed.
+     */
+    public static LocationIdentity getArrayLocation(JavaKind elementKind) {
+        return ARRAY_LOCATIONS.get(elementKind);
+    }
+
+    private static final EnumMap<JavaKind, LocationIdentity> ARRAY_LOCATIONS = initArrayLocations();
+
+    private static EnumMap<JavaKind, LocationIdentity> initArrayLocations() {
+        EnumMap<JavaKind, LocationIdentity> result = new EnumMap<>(JavaKind.class);
+        for (JavaKind kind : JavaKind.values()) {
+            result.put(kind, NamedLocationIdentity.mutable("Array: " + kind.getJavaName()));
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+}