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package jdk.vm.ci.meta;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;

Represents a compile-time constant that can be converted to a byte array.
/**
 * Represents a compile-time constant that can be converted to a byte array.
 */
public interface SerializableConstant extends Constant {

    
Return the size in bytes of the serialized representation of this constant.
/**
     * Return the size in bytes of the serialized representation of this constant.
     */
    int getSerializedSize();

    
Serialize the constant into the ByteBuffer. There must be at least getSerializedSize() bytes available capacity in the buffer. /**
     * Serialize the constant into the ByteBuffer. There must be at least
     * {@link #getSerializedSize()} bytes available capacity in the buffer.
     */
    void serialize(ByteBuffer buffer);
}