vmkit/mmtk/java/src/org/vmmagic/pragma/NativeBridge.java

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package org.vmmagic.pragma;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import org.vmmagic.Pragma;

/**
 * Methods of a class that implements this interface are treated specially
 * by the compilers:
 *  -They are only called from C or C++ program
 *  -The compiler will generate the necessary prolog to insert a glue stack
 *   frame to map from the native stack/register convention to RVM's convention
 *  -It is an error to call these methods from Java
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Pragma
public @interface NativeBridge { }