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60 
61 package jdk.dynalink.linker;
62 
63 import jdk.dynalink.linker.support.CompositeTypeBasedGuardingDynamicLinker;
64 
65 /**
66  * A guarding dynamic linker that can determine whether it can link the call site solely based on the type of the first
67  * argument at linking invocation time. (The first argument is usually the receiver). Most language-specific
68  * linkers will fall into this category, as they recognize their native objects as Java objects of classes implementing
69  * a specific language-native interface or superclass. The linker mechanism can optimize the dispatch for these linkers,
70  * see {@link CompositeTypeBasedGuardingDynamicLinker}.
71  */
72 public interface TypeBasedGuardingDynamicLinker extends GuardingDynamicLinker {
73     /**
74      * Returns true if the linker can link an invocation where the first argument (receiver) is of the specified type.
75      *
76      * @param type the type to link
77      * @return true if the linker can link calls for the receiver type, or false otherwise.
78      */
canLinkType(Class<?> type)79     public boolean canLinkType(Class<?> type);
80 }
81