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/**
 * A FieldType is used to determine the type of a field.
 */
class FieldType: public TypeSymbol {
public:
  HANDLE_DEFINITION_CHECK(FieldType, TypeSymbol);
  ~FieldType() {}

  // Return basic type for field
  BasicType basic_type();

  ReturnOop object_type() {
    return object_type_at(0);
  }

  ReturnOop object_type_symbol() {
    JavaClass::Raw klass = object_type();
    return klass().name();
  }

  // Returns the allocation of a field in bytes
  int allocation_byte_size(bool is_static_field);

  static bool is_array(Symbol* signature) {
    return (signature->length() > 1) && (signature->byte_at(0) == '[');
  }
};
