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package com.oracle.svm.core.c;

import org.graalvm.word.PointerBase;

import com.oracle.svm.core.c.function.CEntryPointOptions;

An object of this class represents a chunk of static global data that is located outside the heap and can be accessed directly by address. No CEntryPointOptions.prologue() Java execution context} is required. /**
 * An object of this class represents a chunk of static global data that is located outside the heap
 * and can be accessed directly {@linkplain PointerBase by address}. No
 * {@linkplain CEntryPointOptions#prologue()} Java execution context} is required.
 */
public abstract class CGlobalData<T extends PointerBase> {
    
Returns:
at runtime, a pointer to the data represented by this object./**
     * @return at runtime, a pointer to the data represented by this object.
     */
    public final T get() {
        throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot access address of global data during native image generation");
    }
}