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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 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).
+ *
+ * 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.extended;
+
+import static org.graalvm.compiler.nodeinfo.NodeCycles.CYCLES_2;
+import static org.graalvm.compiler.nodeinfo.NodeSize.SIZE_1;
+
+import org.graalvm.compiler.core.common.type.ObjectStamp;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.core.common.type.Stamp;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.graph.NodeClass;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.graph.spi.Canonicalizable;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.graph.spi.CanonicalizerTool;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodeinfo.NodeInfo;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.ConstantNode;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.ValueNode;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.calc.FloatingNode;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.spi.Lowerable;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.spi.LoweringTool;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.spi.Virtualizable;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.spi.VirtualizerTool;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.virtual.VirtualObjectNode;
+
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.Constant;
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ConstantReflectionProvider;
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.MetaAccessProvider;
+
+/**
+ * Loads an object's class (i.e., this node can be created for {@code object.getClass()}).
+ */
+@NodeInfo(cycles = CYCLES_2, size = SIZE_1)
+public final class GetClassNode extends FloatingNode implements Lowerable, Canonicalizable, Virtualizable {
+
+    public static final NodeClass<GetClassNode> TYPE = NodeClass.create(GetClassNode.class);
+    @Input ValueNode object;
+
+    public ValueNode getObject() {
+        return object;
+    }
+
+    public GetClassNode(Stamp stamp, ValueNode object) {
+        super(TYPE, stamp);
+        this.object = object;
+        assert ((ObjectStamp) object.stamp()).nonNull();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void lower(LoweringTool tool) {
+        tool.getLowerer().lower(this, tool);
+    }
+
+    public static ValueNode tryFold(MetaAccessProvider metaAccess, ConstantReflectionProvider constantReflection, ValueNode object) {
+        if (metaAccess != null && object != null && object.stamp() instanceof ObjectStamp) {
+            ObjectStamp objectStamp = (ObjectStamp) object.stamp();
+            if (objectStamp.isExactType()) {
+                return ConstantNode.forConstant(constantReflection.asJavaClass(objectStamp.type()), metaAccess);
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ValueNode canonical(CanonicalizerTool tool) {
+        ValueNode folded = tryFold(tool.getMetaAccess(), tool.getConstantReflection(), getObject());
+        return folded == null ? this : folded;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void virtualize(VirtualizerTool tool) {
+        ValueNode alias = tool.getAlias(getObject());
+        if (alias instanceof VirtualObjectNode) {
+            VirtualObjectNode virtual = (VirtualObjectNode) alias;
+            Constant javaClass = tool.getConstantReflectionProvider().asJavaClass(virtual.type());
+            tool.replaceWithValue(ConstantNode.forConstant(stamp(), javaClass, tool.getMetaAccessProvider(), graph()));
+        }
+    }
+}