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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ART_COMPILER_OPTIMIZING_OPTIMIZING_COMPILER_H_
+#define ART_COMPILER_OPTIMIZING_OPTIMIZING_COMPILER_H_
+
+namespace art {
+
+class Compiler;
+class CompilerDriver;
+
+Compiler* CreateOptimizingCompiler(CompilerDriver* driver);
+
+}
+
+#endif  // ART_COMPILER_OPTIMIZING_OPTIMIZING_COMPILER_H_