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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 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
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+ *
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+ */
+
+#ifndef SHARE_VM_GC_SHARED_WEAKPROCESSOR_HPP
+#define SHARE_VM_GC_SHARED_WEAKPROCESSOR_HPP
+
+#include "memory/allocation.hpp"
+#include "memory/iterator.hpp"
+
+// Helper class to aid in root scanning and cleaning of weak oops in the VM.
+//
+// New sets of weak oops added to this class will automatically
+// be cleaned by all GCs, including the young generation GCs.
+class WeakProcessor : AllStatic {
+public:
+  static void unlink_or_oops_do(BoolObjectClosure* is_alive, OopClosure* keep_alive, VoidClosure* complete = NULL);
+  static void oops_do(OopClosure* closure);
+};
+
+#endif // SHARE_VM_GC_SHARED_WEAKPROCESSOR_HPP