RuntimeProvider.java revision 12651:6ef01bd40ce2 
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23package org.graalvm.compiler.runtime;
24
25import jdk.vm.ci.code.Architecture;
26
27import org.graalvm.compiler.core.target.Backend;
28
29/**
30 * A runtime supporting a host backend as well, zero or more additional backends.
31 */
32public interface RuntimeProvider {
33
34    /**
35     * Gets the host backend.
36     */
37    Backend getHostBackend();
38
39    /**
40     * Gets the backend for a given architecture.
41     *
42     * @param arch a specific architecture class
43     */
44    <T extends Architecture> Backend getBackend(Class<T> arch);
45}
46