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    Copyright 2009-2013 Attila Szegedi

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 package jdk.internal.dynalink.linker;

 /**

  * The base interface for language-specific dynamic linkers. Such linkers always have to produce method handles with

  * guards, as the validity of the method handle for calls at a call site inevitably depends on some condition (at the

  * very least, it depends on the receiver belonging to the language runtime of the linker). Language runtime

  * implementors will normally implement one for their own language, and declare it in the

  * <tt>META-INF/services/jdk.internal.dynalink.linker.GuardingDynamicLinker</tt> file within their JAR file.

  *

  * @author Attila Szegedi

  */

 public interface GuardingDynamicLinker {

     /**

      * Creates a guarded invocation appropriate for a particular invocation with the specified arguments at a call site.

      *

      * @param linkRequest the object describing the request for linking a particular invocation

      * @param linkerServices linker services

      * @return a guarded invocation with a method handle suitable for the arguments, as well as a guard condition that

      * if fails should trigger relinking. Must return null if it can't resolve the invocation. If the returned

      * invocation is unconditional (which is actually quite rare), the guard in the return value can be null. The

      * invocation can also have a switch point for asynchronous invalidation of the linkage. If the linker does not

      * recognize any native language runtime contexts in arguments, or does recognize its own, but receives a call site

      * descriptor without its recognized context in the arguments, it should invoke

      * {@link LinkRequest#withoutRuntimeContext()} and link for that.

      * @throws Exception if the operation fails for whatever reason

      */

     public GuardedInvocation getGuardedInvocation(LinkRequest linkRequest, LinkerServices linkerServices)

             throws Exception;

 }