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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 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.microbenchmarks.graal.util;
+
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.MetaAccessProvider;
+
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
+
+import org.graalvm.compiler.api.test.Graal;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.core.target.Backend;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.phases.util.Providers;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.runtime.RuntimeProvider;
+
+/**
+ * Read-only, benchmark-wide state providing Graal runtime context.
+ */
+@State(Scope.Benchmark)
+public class GraalState {
+
+    public final Backend backend;
+    public final Providers providers;
+    public final MetaAccessProvider metaAccess;
+
+    public GraalState() {
+        backend = Graal.getRequiredCapability(RuntimeProvider.class).getHostBackend();
+        providers = backend.getProviders();
+        metaAccess = providers.getMetaAccess();
+    }
+}