symbolKlass.hpp

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// symbolOops are canonical symbols; all symbolOops are registered in the
// symbol table

class symbolKlass: public byteArrayKlass {
 public:
  // testers
  bool oop_is_symbol()               const { return true;  }
  
  // allocation properties
  bool can_inline_allocation()       const { return false; }

  // creates invocation
  klassOop create_subclass(mixinOop mixin, Format format);

  static klassOop create_class(klassOop super_class, mixinOop mixin);

  // Format
  Format format() { return symbol_klass; }

  // reflective properties
  bool can_have_instance_variables() const { return false; }
  bool can_be_subclassed()           const { return false; }

  // allocation operation
  symbolOop allocateSymbol(char* name, int len);

  // copy operation
  oop oop_shallow_copy(oop obj, bool tenured);

  // memory operations
  oop scavenge(oop obj);
  bool verify(oop obj);

  // printing operations
  void oop_print_value_on(oop obj, outputStream* st);
  char* name() const { return "symbol"; }
  void print(oop obj);

  // class creation
  friend void set_symbolKlass_vtbl(Klass* k);
};

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