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package sun.invoke;
import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;
/**
* Private API used inside of java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.
* Interface implemented by every object which is produced by
* {@link java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles#asInstance MethodHandles.asInstance}.
* The methods of this interface allow a caller to recover the parameters
* to {@code asInstance}.
* This allows applications to repeatedly convert between method handles
* and SAM objects, without the risk of creating unbounded delegation chains.
*/
public interface WrapperInstance {
/** Produce or recover a target method handle which is behaviorally
* equivalent to the SAM method of this object.
*/
public MethodHandle getWrapperInstanceTarget();
/** Recover the SAM type for which this object was created.
*/
public Class<?> getWrapperInstanceType();
}