/*
 * RuntimeHelpers.cs - Implementation of the
 *			"System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers" class.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2001  Southern Storm Software, Pty Ltd.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program 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 for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */

namespace System.Runtime.CompilerServices
{

public sealed class RuntimeHelpers
{
	// This class cannot be instantiated.
	private RuntimeHelpers() {}

	[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
	extern public static void InitializeArray
				(Array array, RuntimeFieldHandle field);

	[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
	extern public static void RunClassConstructor(RuntimeTypeHandle type);

	[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
	extern private static int InternalOffsetToStringData();

#if !ECMA_COMPAT
	[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
	extern public static Object GetObjectValue(Object obj);

	[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
	extern public static new bool Equals(Object o1, Object o2);

	[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
	extern public static int GetHashCode(Object o);
#endif

	public static int OffsetToStringData
			{
				get
				{
					return InternalOffsetToStringData();
				}
			}

}; // class RuntimeHelpers

}; // namespace System.Runtime.CompilerServices
