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package java.lang;

import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * VMSystem is a package-private helper class for System that the
 * VM must implement.
 *
 * @author John Keiser
 */
final class VMSystem
{
  /**
   * Copy one array onto another from <code>src[srcStart]</code> ...
   * <code>src[srcStart+len-1]</code> to <code>dest[destStart]</code> ...
   * <code>dest[destStart+len-1]</code>. First, the arguments are validated:
   * neither array may be null, they must be of compatible types, and the
   * start and length must fit within both arrays. Then the copying starts,
   * and proceeds through increasing slots.  If src and dest are the same
   * array, this will appear to copy the data to a temporary location first.
   * An ArrayStoreException in the middle of copying will leave earlier
   * elements copied, but later elements unchanged.
   *
   * @param src the array to copy elements from
   * @param srcStart the starting position in src
   * @param dest the array to copy elements to
   * @param destStart the starting position in dest
   * @param len the number of elements to copy
   * @throws NullPointerException if src or dest is null
   * @throws ArrayStoreException if src or dest is not an array, if they are
   *         not compatible array types, or if an incompatible runtime type
   *         is stored in dest
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if len is negative, or if the start or
   *         end copy position in either array is out of bounds
   */
  static native void arraycopy(Object src, int srcStart,
                               Object dest, int destStart, int len);

  /**
   * Get a hash code computed by the VM for the Object. This hash code will
   * be the same as Object's hashCode() method.  It is usually some
   * convolution of the pointer to the Object internal to the VM.  It
   * follows standard hash code rules, in that it will remain the same for a
   * given Object for the lifetime of that Object.
   *
   * @param o the Object to get the hash code for
   * @return the VM-dependent hash code for this Object
   */
  static native int identityHashCode(Object o);

  /**
   * Convert a library name to its platform-specific variant.
   *
   * @param libname the library name, as used in <code>loadLibrary</code>
   * @return the platform-specific mangling of the name
   * @XXX Add this method
  static native String mapLibraryName(String libname);
   */
}