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003 *
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013package org.vmmagic.pragma;
014
015import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
016import java.lang.annotation.Target;
017import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
018import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
019import org.vmmagic.Pragma;
020
021/**
022 * An annotation for static native methods to show that they should be
023 * compiled as system calls. A system call is a lightweight call to a
024 * C function that doesn't set up the JNI environment and is therefore
025 * cheaper than JNI. The first argument to the function is the address
026 * of the C function to run.
027 */
028@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
029@Target({ElementType.METHOD})
030@Pragma
031public @interface SysCallNative {
032}