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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 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 static org.graalvm.compiler.core.common.CompilationIdentifier.INVALID_COMPILATION_ID;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.MetaAccessProvider;
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ResolvedJavaMethod;
+
+import org.graalvm.compiler.graph.Node;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.java.GraphBuilderPhase;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.StructuredGraph;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.graphbuilderconf.GraphBuilderConfiguration;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.graphbuilderconf.InvocationPlugins;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.graphbuilderconf.GraphBuilderConfiguration.Plugins;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.phases.OptimisticOptimizations;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.phases.PhaseSuite;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.phases.tiers.HighTierContext;
+
+public class GraalUtil {
+
+    public static Method getMethod(Class<?> declaringClass, String name, Class<?>... parameterTypes) {
+        try {
+            if (parameterTypes == null) {
+                Method found = null;
+                for (Method m : declaringClass.getDeclaredMethods()) {
+                    if (m.getName().equals(name)) {
+                        if (found != null) {
+                            throw new RuntimeException("more than one method named " + name + " in " + declaringClass);
+                        }
+                        found = m;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (found == null) {
+                    throw new NoSuchMethodException(declaringClass.getName() + "." + name);
+                }
+                return found;
+            } else {
+                return declaringClass.getDeclaredMethod(name, parameterTypes);
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the first {@link MethodSpec} annotation encountered in the class hierarchy terminated by
+     * {@code startClass}.
+     */
+    public static MethodSpec getMethodSpec(Class<?> startClass) {
+        Class<?> c = startClass;
+        while (c != null) {
+            MethodSpec methodSpec = c.getAnnotation(MethodSpec.class);
+            if (methodSpec != null) {
+                return methodSpec;
+            }
+            c = c.getSuperclass();
+        }
+        throw new RuntimeException("Could not find class annotated with " + MethodSpec.class.getSimpleName() + " in hierarchy of " + startClass);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the method specified by the first {@link MethodSpec} annotation encountered in the class
+     * hierarchy terminated by {@code startClass}.
+     */
+    public static Method getMethodFromMethodSpec(Class<?> startClass) {
+        MethodSpec methodSpec = getMethodSpec(startClass);
+        Class<?> declaringClass = methodSpec.declaringClass();
+        if (declaringClass == MethodSpec.class) {
+            declaringClass = startClass;
+        }
+        String name = methodSpec.name();
+        Class<?>[] parameters = methodSpec.parameters();
+        if (parameters.length == 1 && parameters[0] == void.class) {
+            parameters = null;
+        }
+        return getMethod(declaringClass, name, parameters);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the graph for the method specified by the first {@link MethodSpec} annotation
+     * encountered in the class hierarchy terminated by {@code startClass}.
+     */
+    public static StructuredGraph getGraphFromMethodSpec(Class<?> startClass) {
+        MethodSpec methodSpec = getMethodSpec(startClass);
+        Class<?> declaringClass = methodSpec.declaringClass();
+        if (declaringClass == MethodSpec.class) {
+            declaringClass = startClass;
+        }
+        String name = methodSpec.name();
+        Class<?>[] parameters = methodSpec.parameters();
+        if (parameters.length == 1 && parameters[0] == void.class) {
+            parameters = null;
+        }
+        return getGraph(declaringClass, name, parameters);
+    }
+
+    public static StructuredGraph getGraph(Class<?> declaringClass, String name, Class<?>... parameterTypes) {
+        return getGraph(getMethod(declaringClass, name, parameterTypes));
+    }
+
+    public static StructuredGraph getGraph(Method method) {
+        GraalState graal = new GraalState();
+        ResolvedJavaMethod javaMethod = graal.metaAccess.lookupJavaMethod(method);
+        return getGraph(graal, javaMethod);
+    }
+
+    public static StructuredGraph getGraph(GraalState graal, ResolvedJavaMethod javaMethod) {
+        return getGraph(graal, javaMethod, StructuredGraph.USE_PROFILING_INFO);
+    }
+
+    public static StructuredGraph getGraph(GraalState graal, ResolvedJavaMethod javaMethod, boolean useProfilingInfo) {
+        StructuredGraph graph = new StructuredGraph(javaMethod, StructuredGraph.AllowAssumptions.YES, useProfilingInfo, INVALID_COMPILATION_ID);
+        PhaseSuite<HighTierContext> graphBuilderSuite = new PhaseSuite<>();
+        MetaAccessProvider metaAccess = graal.providers.getMetaAccess();
+        graphBuilderSuite.appendPhase(new GraphBuilderPhase(GraphBuilderConfiguration.getDefault(new Plugins(new InvocationPlugins(metaAccess)))));
+        graphBuilderSuite.apply(graph, new HighTierContext(graal.providers, graphBuilderSuite, OptimisticOptimizations.ALL));
+        return graph;
+    }
+
+    public static Node[] getNodes(StructuredGraph graph) {
+        List<Node> nodeList = graph.getNodes().snapshot();
+        return nodeList.toArray(new Node[nodeList.size()]);
+    }
+}