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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 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 jdk.vm.ci.meta;
+
+/**
+ * A profiled type that has a probability. Profiled types are naturally sorted in descending order
+ * of their probabilities.
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractProfiledItem<T> implements Comparable<AbstractProfiledItem<?>> {
+
+    protected final T item;
+    protected final double probability;
+
+    public AbstractProfiledItem(T item, double probability) {
+        assert item != null;
+        assert probability >= 0.0D && probability <= 1.0D;
+        this.item = item;
+        this.probability = probability;
+    }
+
+    protected T getItem() {
+        return item;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the estimated probability of {@link #getItem()}.
+     *
+     * @return double value &ge; 0.0 and &le; 1.0
+     */
+    public double getProbability() {
+        return probability;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns -1 if the {@linkplain #getProbability() probability} of this item is greater than
+     * {@code o}'s probability, 0 if there are equal otherwise 1.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public int compareTo(AbstractProfiledItem<?> o) {
+        // Need to swap the order of operands so that higher probabilities are sorted first
+        return Double.compare(o.getProbability(), getProbability());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        final int prime = 31;
+        int result = 1;
+        long temp;
+        temp = Double.doubleToLongBits(probability);
+        result = prime * result + (int) (temp ^ (temp >>> 32));
+        result = prime * result + item.hashCode();
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (this == obj) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (obj == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        AbstractProfiledItem<?> other = (AbstractProfiledItem<?>) obj;
+        if (Double.doubleToLongBits(probability) != Double.doubleToLongBits(other.probability)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return item.equals(other.item);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public abstract String toString();
+}