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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 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.extended;
+
+import org.graalvm.compiler.core.common.LocationIdentity;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.graph.NodeClass;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodeinfo.NodeInfo;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.StateSplit;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.ValueNode;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.memory.AbstractWriteNode;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.memory.MemoryAccess;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.memory.MemoryCheckpoint;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.memory.address.AddressNode;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.spi.Lowerable;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.spi.LoweringTool;
+
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaKind;
+
+/**
+ * Write a raw memory location according to Java field or array write semantics. It will perform
+ * write barriers, implicit conversions and optionally oop compression.
+ */
+@NodeInfo(nameTemplate = "JavaWrite#{p#location/s}")
+public final class JavaWriteNode extends AbstractWriteNode implements Lowerable, StateSplit, MemoryAccess, MemoryCheckpoint.Single {
+
+    public static final NodeClass<JavaWriteNode> TYPE = NodeClass.create(JavaWriteNode.class);
+    protected final JavaKind writeKind;
+    protected final boolean compressible;
+
+    public JavaWriteNode(JavaKind writeKind, AddressNode address, LocationIdentity location, ValueNode value, BarrierType barrierType, boolean compressible, boolean initialization) {
+        super(TYPE, address, location, value, barrierType, initialization);
+        this.writeKind = writeKind;
+        this.compressible = compressible;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void lower(LoweringTool tool) {
+        tool.getLowerer().lower(this, tool);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean canNullCheck() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public JavaKind getWriteKind() {
+        return writeKind;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isCompressible() {
+        return compressible;
+    }
+}