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package com.google.turbine.binder.env;

import com.google.turbine.binder.sym.ClassSymbol;
import com.google.turbine.binder.sym.Symbol;

/**
 * An environment that maps {@link Symbols} {@code S} to bound nodes {@code V}.
 *
 * <p>For example, {@link BoundClass} represents superclasses as a {@link ClassSymbol}, which only
 * contains the binary name of the type. To get the {@link BoundClass} for that supertype, an {@code
 * Env<BoundClass>} is used.
 *
 * <p>The indirection through env makes it possible to represent a graph with cycles using immutable
 * nodes, and makes it easy to reason about the information produced and consumed by each pass.
 *
 * <p>TODO(cushon): keep an eye on the cost of indirections, and consider caching lookups in bound
 * nodes if it looks like it would make a difference.
 */
public interface Env<S extends Symbol, V> {
  /** Returns the information associated with the given symbol in this environment. */
  V get(S sym);
}