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+// Copyright 2011 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+
+#ifndef ART_SRC_CLASS_LINKER_H_
+#define ART_SRC_CLASS_LINKER_H_
+
+#include <map>
+#include <utility>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "src/macros.h"
+#include "src/thread.h"
+#include "src/object.h"
+
+namespace art {
+
+class ClassLinker {
+ public:
+  ClassLinker() {}
+  ~ClassLinker() {}
+
+  // Finds a class by its descriptor name.
+  Class* FindClass(const char* descriptor,
+                   Object* class_loader,
+                   DexFile* dex_file);
+
+  Class* FindPrimitiveClass(const char* descriptor);
+
+  bool InitializeClass(Class* klass);
+
+  Class* LookupClass(const char* descriptor, Object* class_loader);
+
+  Class* ResolveClass(Class* klass, uint32_t idx);
+
+  DexFile* FindInClassPath(const char* descriptor);
+
+  void AppendToClassPath(DexFile* dex_file);
+
+ private:
+  // Inserts a class into the class table.  Returns true if the class
+  // was inserted.
+  bool InsertClass(Class* klass);
+
+  bool InitializeSuperClass(Class* klass);
+
+  void InitializeStaticFields(Class* klass);
+
+  bool ValidateSuperClassDescriptors(const Class* klass);
+
+  bool HasSameDescriptorClasses(const char* descriptor,
+                                const Class* klass1,
+                                const Class* klass2);
+
+  bool HasSameMethodDescriptorClasses(const Method* descriptor,
+                                      const Class* klass1,
+                                      const Class* klass2);
+
+  bool LinkClass(Class* klass);
+
+  bool LinkSuperClass(Class* klass);
+
+  bool LinkInterfaces(Class* klass);
+
+  bool LinkMethods(Class* klass);
+
+  bool LinkVirtualMethods(Class* klass);
+
+  bool LinkInterfaceMethods(Class* klass);
+
+  void LinkAbstractMethods(Class* klass);
+
+  bool LinkInstanceFields(Class* klass);
+
+  void CreateReferenceOffsets(Class* klass);
+
+  std::vector<DexFile*> class_path_;
+
+  // TODO: multimap
+  typedef std::map<const char*, Class*, CStringLt> Table;
+
+  Table classes_;
+
+  Mutex* classes_lock_;
+
+  // TODO: classpath
+
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ClassLinker);
+};
+
+}  // namespace art
+
+#endif  // ART_SRC_CLASS_LINKER_H_