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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package jdk.vm.ci.hotspot;
+
+import static jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.HotSpotJVMCIRuntime.*;
+import static jdk.vm.ci.hotspot.UnsafeAccess.UNSAFE;
+
+import sun.misc.*;
+
+/**
+ * Class to access the C++ {@code vmSymbols} table.
+ */
+public final class HotSpotVmSymbols {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the symbol in the {@code vmSymbols} table at position {@code index} as {@link String}
+     * .
+     *
+     * @param index position in the symbol table
+     * @return the symbol at position id
+     */
+    public static String symbolAt(int index) {
+        HotSpotJVMCIRuntimeProvider runtime = runtime();
+        HotSpotVMConfig config = runtime.getConfig();
+        assert config.vmSymbolsFirstSID <= index && index < config.vmSymbolsSIDLimit : "index " + index + " is out of bounds";
+        assert config.symbolPointerSize == Unsafe.ADDRESS_SIZE : "the following address read is broken";
+        return runtime.getCompilerToVM().getSymbol(UNSAFE.getAddress(config.vmSymbolsSymbols + index * config.symbolPointerSize));
+    }
+}