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23 package jdk.vm.ci.meta;
24 
25 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
26 
27 /**
28  * Represents a compile-time constant that can be converted to a byte array.
29  */
30 public interface SerializableConstant extends Constant {
31 
32     /**
33      * Return the size in bytes of the serialized representation of this constant.
34      */
getSerializedSize()35     int getSerializedSize();
36 
37     /**
38      * Serialize the constant into the ByteBuffer. There must be at least
39      * {@link #getSerializedSize()} bytes available capacity in the buffer.
40      */
serialize(ByteBuffer buffer)41     void serialize(ByteBuffer buffer);
42 }
43