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package com.oracle.graal.api.code;

import com.oracle.graal.api.meta.*;

/**
 * Details about a set of supported {@link ForeignCallDescriptor foreign calls}.
 */
public interface ForeignCallsProvider {

    /**
     * Determines if a given foreign call is side-effect free. Deoptimization cannot return
     * execution to a point before a foreign call that has a side effect.
     */
    boolean isReexecutable(ForeignCallDescriptor descriptor);

    /**
     * Gets the set of memory locations killed by a given foreign call. Returning the special value
     * {@link LocationIdentity#ANY_LOCATION} denotes that the call kills all memory locations.
     * Returning any empty array denotes that the call does not kill any memory locations.
     */
    LocationIdentity[] getKilledLocations(ForeignCallDescriptor descriptor);

    /**
     * Determines if deoptimization can occur during a given foreign call.
     */
    boolean canDeoptimize(ForeignCallDescriptor descriptor);

    /**
     * Gets the linkage for a foreign call.
     */
    ForeignCallLinkage lookupForeignCall(ForeignCallDescriptor descriptor);
}
