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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 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.testlibrary;
+
+public class Platform {
+    private static final String osName      = System.getProperty("os.name");
+    private static final String dataModel   = System.getProperty("sun.arch.data.model");
+    private static final String vmVersion   = System.getProperty("java.vm.version");
+    private static final String osArch      = System.getProperty("os.arch");
+
+    public static boolean is32bit() {
+        return dataModel.equals("32");
+    }
+
+    public static boolean is64bit() {
+        return dataModel.equals("64");
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isSolaris() {
+        return isOs("sunos");
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isWindows() {
+        return isOs("win");
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isOSX() {
+        return isOs("mac");
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isLinux() {
+        return isOs("linux");
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isOs(String osname) {
+        return osName.toLowerCase().startsWith(osname.toLowerCase());
+    }
+
+    public static String getOsName() {
+        return osName;
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isDebugBuild() {
+        return vmVersion.toLowerCase().contains("debug");
+    }
+
+    public static String getVMVersion() {
+        return vmVersion;
+    }
+
+    // Returns true for sparc and sparcv9.
+    public static boolean isSparc() {
+        return isArch("sparc");
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isARM() {
+        return isArch("arm");
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isPPC() {
+        return isArch("ppc");
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isX86() {
+        // On Linux it's 'i386', Windows 'x86'
+        return (isArch("i386") || isArch("x86"));
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isX64() {
+        // On OSX it's 'x86_64' and on other (Linux, Windows and Solaris) platforms it's 'amd64'
+        return (isArch("amd64") || isArch("x86_64"));
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isArch(String archname) {
+        return osArch.toLowerCase().startsWith(archname.toLowerCase());
+    }
+
+    public static String getOsArch() {
+        return osArch;
+    }
+
+}