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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 2014, 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.hotspotvmconfig;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.*;
+
+/**
+ * Refers to a C++ type in the VM.
+ */
+@Target(ElementType.FIELD)
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+public @interface HotSpotVMType {
+
+    /**
+     * Types of information this annotation can return.
+     */
+    enum Type {
+        /**
+         * Returns the size of the type (C++ {@code sizeof()}).
+         */
+        SIZE;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies what type of information to return.
+     *
+     * @see Type
+     */
+    Type get();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the name of the type.
+     *
+     * @return name of type
+     */
+    String name();
+}