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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 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.api.test;
+
+import java.util.Formatter;
+
+import jdk.vm.ci.runtime.JVMCI;
+import jdk.vm.ci.runtime.JVMCICompiler;
+import jdk.vm.ci.services.Services;
+
+import org.graalvm.compiler.api.runtime.GraalJVMCICompiler;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.api.runtime.GraalRuntime;
+
+/**
+ * Access point for {@linkplain #getRuntime() retrieving} the {@link GraalRuntime} instance of the
+ * system compiler from unit tests.
+ */
+public class Graal {
+
+    private static final GraalRuntime runtime = initializeRuntime();
+
+    private static GraalRuntime initializeRuntime() {
+        Services.exportJVMCITo(Graal.class);
+        JVMCICompiler compiler = JVMCI.getRuntime().getCompiler();
+        if (compiler instanceof GraalJVMCICompiler) {
+            GraalJVMCICompiler graal = (GraalJVMCICompiler) compiler;
+            return graal.getGraalRuntime();
+        } else {
+            return new InvalidGraalRuntime();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the singleton {@link GraalRuntime} instance available to unit tests.
+     */
+    public static GraalRuntime getRuntime() {
+        return runtime;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets a capability provided by the {@link GraalRuntime} instance available to the application.
+     *
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the capability is not available
+     */
+    public static <T> T getRequiredCapability(Class<T> clazz) {
+        T t = getRuntime().getCapability(clazz);
+        if (t == null) {
+            String javaHome = System.getProperty("java.home");
+            String vmName = System.getProperty("java.vm.name");
+            Formatter errorMessage = new Formatter();
+            if (getRuntime().getClass() == InvalidGraalRuntime.class) {
+                errorMessage.format("The VM does not support the Graal API.%n");
+            } else {
+                errorMessage.format("The VM does not expose required Graal capability %s.%n", clazz.getName());
+            }
+            errorMessage.format("Currently used Java home directory is %s.%n", javaHome);
+            errorMessage.format("Currently used VM configuration is: %s", vmName);
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(errorMessage.toString());
+        }
+        return t;
+    }
+
+    private static final class InvalidGraalRuntime implements GraalRuntime {
+
+        @Override
+        public String getName() {
+            return "";
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public <T> T getCapability(Class<T> clazz) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}