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package org.jikesrvm.compilers.opt.regalloc;

import org.jikesrvm.compilers.opt.ir.IR;
import org.jikesrvm.compilers.opt.ir.Register;

/**
 * This class helps manage register preferences for coalescing and
 * register allocation.
 */
public abstract class GenericRegisterPreferences {
  /**
   * The main backing data structure;
   */
  CoalesceGraph graph = new CoalesceGraph();

  /**
   * Add a affinity of weight w between two registers.
   */
  protected void addAffinity(int w, Register r1, Register r2) {
    graph.addAffinity(w, r1, r2);
  }

  /**
   * Set up register preferences for an IR. This is machine-dependent.
   */
  public abstract void initialize(IR ir);

  /**
   * Return the backing graph holding the preferences.
   */
  public CoalesceGraph getGraph() {
    return graph;
  }
}
