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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 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.debug;
+
+import org.graalvm.compiler.debug.internal.DebugScope;
+
+/**
+ * A utility for scoping a change to the current debug {@linkplain DebugScope#setConfig(DebugConfig)
+ * configuration}. For example:
+ *
+ * <pre>
+ *     DebugConfig config = ...;
+ *     try (DebugConfigScope s = new DebugConfigScope(config)) {
+ *         // ...
+ *     }
+ * </pre>
+ */
+public class DebugConfigScope implements AutoCloseable {
+
+    private final DebugConfig current;
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the current debug {@linkplain DebugScope#setConfig(DebugConfig) configuration} to a
+     * given value and creates an object that when {@linkplain #close() closed} resets the
+     * configuration to the {@linkplain DebugScope#getConfig() current} configuration.
+     */
+    public DebugConfigScope(DebugConfig config) {
+        this.current = DebugScope.getConfig();
+        DebugScope.getInstance().setConfig(config);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() {
+        DebugScope.getInstance().setConfig(current);
+    }
+}