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package org.mmtk.plan.refcount;

import org.mmtk.plan.TransitiveClosure;

import org.vmmagic.pragma.*;
import org.vmmagic.unboxed.*;

/**
 * This class is the fundamental mechanism for performing a
 * transitive closure over an object graph.<p>
 *
 * @see org.mmtk.plan.TraceLocal
 */
@Uninterruptible
public final class RCZero extends TransitiveClosure {

  /**
   * Trace an edge during GC.
   *
   * @param source The source of the reference.
   * @param slot The location containing the object reference.
   */
  @Inline
  public void processEdge(ObjectReference source, Address slot) {
    slot.store(ObjectReference.nullReference());
  }
}