package org.jruby.runtime;

import java.io.EOFException;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.reflect.Array;

import java.net.PortUnreachableException;
import java.nio.channels.ClosedChannelException;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException;
import java.nio.file.AtomicMoveNotSupportedException;
import java.nio.file.DirectoryNotEmptyException;
import java.nio.file.FileAlreadyExistsException;
import java.nio.file.FileSystemLoopException;
import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException;
import java.nio.file.NotDirectoryException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

import jnr.constants.platform.Errno;
import org.jruby.*;
import org.jruby.ast.ArgsNode;
import org.jruby.ast.ArgumentNode;
import org.jruby.ast.MultipleAsgnNode;
import org.jruby.ast.Node;
import org.jruby.ast.UnnamedRestArgNode;
import org.jruby.ast.types.INameNode;
import org.jruby.ast.RequiredKeywordArgumentValueNode;
import org.jruby.common.IRubyWarnings.ID;
import org.jruby.exceptions.RaiseException;
import org.jruby.exceptions.Unrescuable;
import org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.*;
import org.jruby.ir.IRScope;
import org.jruby.ir.IRScopeType;
import org.jruby.ir.Interp;
import org.jruby.ir.JIT;
import org.jruby.ir.operands.UndefinedValue;
import org.jruby.ir.runtime.IRRuntimeHelpers;
import org.jruby.javasupport.JavaClass;
import org.jruby.javasupport.JavaUtil;
import org.jruby.javasupport.proxy.InternalJavaProxy;
import org.jruby.parser.StaticScope;
import org.jruby.runtime.JavaSites.HelpersSites;
import org.jruby.runtime.backtrace.BacktraceData;
import org.jruby.runtime.builtin.IRubyObject;
import org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CacheEntry;
import org.jruby.runtime.invokedynamic.MethodNames;
import org.jruby.util.ArraySupport;
import org.jruby.util.ByteList;
import org.jruby.util.MurmurHash;
import org.jruby.util.TypeConverter;

import org.jcodings.Encoding;
import org.jcodings.specific.ASCIIEncoding;
import org.jcodings.specific.USASCIIEncoding;
import org.jcodings.specific.UTF8Encoding;
import org.jcodings.unicode.UnicodeEncoding;

import static org.jruby.RubyBasicObject.getMetaClass;
import static org.jruby.runtime.Visibility.PRIVATE;
import static org.jruby.runtime.Visibility.PROTECTED;
import static org.jruby.runtime.invokedynamic.MethodNames.EQL;
import static org.jruby.util.CodegenUtils.sig;
import static org.jruby.util.RubyStringBuilder.str;
import static org.jruby.util.RubyStringBuilder.ids;
import static org.jruby.util.RubyStringBuilder.types;
import static org.jruby.util.StringSupport.EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY;

import org.jruby.util.io.EncodingUtils;

Helper methods which are called by the compiler.  Note: These will show no consumers, but
generated code does call these so don't remove them thinking they are dead code.
/**
 * Helper methods which are called by the compiler.  Note: These will show no consumers, but
 * generated code does call these so don't remove them thinking they are dead code.
 *
 */
public class Helpers {

    public static final Pattern SEMICOLON_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(";");

    public static RubyClass getSingletonClass(Ruby runtime, IRubyObject receiver) {
        if (receiver instanceof RubyFixnum || receiver instanceof RubySymbol) {
            throw runtime.newTypeError("can't define singleton");
        } else {
            return receiver.getSingletonClass();
        }
    }

    @Deprecated // no longer used - only been used by interface implementation
    public static IRubyObject invokeMethodMissing(IRubyObject receiver, String name, IRubyObject[] args) {
        ThreadContext context = receiver.getRuntime().getCurrentContext();

        // store call information so method_missing impl can use it
        context.setLastCallStatusAndVisibility(CallType.FUNCTIONAL, Visibility.PUBLIC);

        if (name.equals("method_missing")) {
            return RubyKernel.method_missing(context, receiver, args, Block.NULL_BLOCK);
        }

        IRubyObject[] newArgs = prepareMethodMissingArgs(args, context, name);

        return invoke(context, receiver, "method_missing", newArgs, Block.NULL_BLOCK);
    }

    public static IRubyObject callMethodMissing(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, RubyClass klass, Visibility visibility, String name, CallType callType, IRubyObject[] args, Block block) {
        return selectMethodMissing(context, klass, visibility, name, callType).call(context, self, klass, name, args, block);
    }

    public static IRubyObject callMethodMissing(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject receiver, Visibility visibility, String name, CallType callType, IRubyObject[] args, Block block) {
        final RubyClass klass = getMetaClass(receiver);
        return selectMethodMissing(context, klass, visibility, name, callType).call(context, receiver, klass, name, args, block);
    }

    public static IRubyObject callMethodMissing(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, RubyClass klass, Visibility visibility, String name, CallType callType, IRubyObject arg0, Block block) {
        return selectMethodMissing(context, klass, visibility, name, callType).call(context, self, klass, name, arg0, block);
    }

    public static IRubyObject callMethodMissing(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject receiver, Visibility visibility, String name, CallType callType, IRubyObject arg0, Block block) {
        final RubyClass klass = getMetaClass(receiver);
        return selectMethodMissing(context, klass, visibility, name, callType).call(context, receiver, klass, name, arg0, block);
    }

    public static IRubyObject callMethodMissing(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, RubyClass klass, Visibility visibility, String name, CallType callType, IRubyObject arg0, IRubyObject arg1, Block block) {
        return selectMethodMissing(context, klass, visibility, name, callType).call(context, self, klass, name, arg0, arg1, block);
    }

    public static IRubyObject callMethodMissing(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject receiver, Visibility visibility, String name, CallType callType, IRubyObject arg0, IRubyObject arg1, Block block) {
        final RubyClass klass = getMetaClass(receiver);
        return selectMethodMissing(context, klass, visibility, name, callType).call(context, receiver, klass, name, arg0, arg1, block);
    }

    public static IRubyObject callMethodMissing(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, RubyClass klass, Visibility visibility, String name, CallType callType, IRubyObject arg0, IRubyObject arg1, IRubyObject arg2, Block block) {
        return selectMethodMissing(context, klass, visibility, name, callType).call(context, self, klass, name, arg0, arg1, arg2, block);
    }

    public static IRubyObject callMethodMissing(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject receiver, Visibility visibility, String name, CallType callType, IRubyObject arg0, IRubyObject arg1, IRubyObject arg2, Block block) {
        final RubyClass klass = getMetaClass(receiver);
        return selectMethodMissing(context, klass, visibility, name, callType).call(context, receiver, klass, name, arg0, arg1, arg2, block);
    }

    public static IRubyObject callMethodMissing(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, RubyClass klass, Visibility visibility, String name, CallType callType, Block block) {
        return selectMethodMissing(context, klass, visibility, name, callType).call(context, self, klass, name, block);
    }

    public static IRubyObject callMethodMissing(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject receiver, Visibility visibility, String name, CallType callType, Block block) {
        final RubyClass klass = getMetaClass(receiver);
        return selectMethodMissing(context, klass, visibility, name, callType).call(context, receiver, klass, name, block);
    }

    public static DynamicMethod selectMethodMissing(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject receiver, Visibility visibility, String name, CallType callType) {
        Ruby runtime = context.runtime;

        if (name.equals("method_missing")) {
            return selectInternalMM(runtime, visibility, callType);
        }

        CacheEntry entry = receiver.getMetaClass().searchWithCache("method_missing");
        DynamicMethod methodMissing = entry.method;

        if (methodMissing.isUndefined() || methodMissing.equals(runtime.getDefaultMethodMissing())) {
            return selectInternalMM(runtime, visibility, callType);
        }
        return new MethodMissingMethod(entry, visibility, callType);
    }

    public static DynamicMethod selectMethodMissing(ThreadContext context, RubyClass selfClass, Visibility visibility, String name, CallType callType) {
        final Ruby runtime = context.runtime;

        if (name.equals("method_missing")) {
            return selectInternalMM(runtime, visibility, callType);
        }

        CacheEntry entry = selfClass.searchWithCache("method_missing");
        DynamicMethod methodMissing = entry.method;

        if (methodMissing.isUndefined() || methodMissing.equals(runtime.getDefaultMethodMissing())) {
            return selectInternalMM(runtime, visibility, callType);
        }
        return new MethodMissingMethod(entry, visibility, callType);
    }

    public static DynamicMethod selectMethodMissing(RubyClass selfClass, Visibility visibility, String name, CallType callType) {
        Ruby runtime = selfClass.getClassRuntime();

        if (name.equals("method_missing")) {
            return selectInternalMM(runtime, visibility, callType);
        }

        CacheEntry entry = selfClass.searchWithCache("method_missing");
        DynamicMethod methodMissing = entry.method;

        if (methodMissing.isUndefined() || methodMissing.equals(runtime.getDefaultMethodMissing())) {
            return selectInternalMM(runtime, visibility, callType);
        }
        return new MethodMissingMethod(entry, visibility, callType);
    }

    public static final Map<String, String> map(String... keyValues) {
        HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<>(keyValues.length / 2 + 1, 1);
        for (int i = 0; i < keyValues.length;) {
            map.put(keyValues[i++], keyValues[i++]);
        }
        return map;
    }

    public static boolean additionOverflowed(long original, long other, long result) {
        return (~(original ^ other) & (original ^ result) & RubyFixnum.SIGN_BIT) != 0;
    }

    public static boolean subtractionOverflowed(long original, long other, long result) {
        return (~(original ^ ~other) & (original ^ result) & RubyFixnum.SIGN_BIT) != 0;
    }

    
This method attempts to produce an Errno value for the given exception.
Many low-level operations wrapped by the JDK will raise IOException or subclasses of it when there's a system-
level error. In most cases, the only way to determine the cause of the IOException is by inspecting its contents,
usually by checking the error message string. This is obviously fragile and breaks on platforms localized to
languages other than English, so we also try as much as possible to detect the cause of the error by its actual
type (if it is indeed a specialized subtype of IOException).
Params:
t – the exception to convert to an Errno
Returns:
the resulting Errno value, or null if none could be determined./**
     * This method attempts to produce an Errno value for the given exception.
     *
     * Many low-level operations wrapped by the JDK will raise IOException or subclasses of it when there's a system-
     * level error. In most cases, the only way to determine the cause of the IOException is by inspecting its contents,
     * usually by checking the error message string. This is obviously fragile and breaks on platforms localized to
     * languages other than English, so we also try as much as possible to detect the cause of the error by its actual
     * type (if it is indeed a specialized subtype of IOException).
     *
     * @param t the exception to convert to an {@link Errno}
     * @return the resulting {@link Errno} value, or null if none could be determined.
     */
    public static Errno errnoFromException(Throwable t) {
        // FIXME: Error-message scrapingis gross and turns out to be fragile if the host system is localized jruby/jruby#5415

        // Try specific exception types by rethrowing and catching.
        try {
            throw t;
        } catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
            return Errno.ENOENT;
        } catch (EOFException eofe) {
            return Errno.EPIPE;
        } catch (AtomicMoveNotSupportedException amnse) {
            return Errno.EXDEV;
        } catch (ClosedChannelException cce) {
            return Errno.EBADF;
        } catch (PortUnreachableException pue) {
            return Errno.ECONNREFUSED;
        } catch (FileAlreadyExistsException faee) {
            return Errno.EEXIST;
        } catch (FileSystemLoopException fsle) {
            return Errno.ELOOP;
        } catch (NoSuchFileException nsfe) {
            return Errno.ENOENT;
        } catch (NotDirectoryException nde) {
            return Errno.ENOTDIR;
        } catch (AccessDeniedException ade) {
            return Errno.EACCES;
        } catch (DirectoryNotEmptyException dnee) {
            switch (dnee.getMessage()) {
                case "File exists":
                    return Errno.EEXIST;
                case "Directory not empty":
                    return Errno.ENOTEMPTY;
            }
        } catch (Throwable t2) {
            // fall through
        }

        final String errorMessage = t.getMessage();

        if (errorMessage != null) {
            // All errors to sysread should be SystemCallErrors, but on a closed stream
            // Ruby returns an IOError.  Java throws same exception for all errors so
            // we resort to this hack...

            switch (errorMessage) {
                case "Bad file descriptor":
                    return Errno.EBADF;
                case "File not open":
                    return null;
                case "An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine":
                case "connection was aborted": // Windows
                    return Errno.ECONNABORTED;
                case "Broken pipe":
                    return Errno.EPIPE;
                case "Connection reset by peer":
                case "An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host":
                    return Errno.ECONNRESET;
                case "Too many levels of symbolic links":
                    return Errno.ELOOP;
                case "Too many open files":
                    return Errno.EMFILE;
                case "Too many open files in system":
                    return Errno.ENFILE;
                case "Network is unreachable":
                    return Errno.ENETUNREACH;
                case "Address already in use":
                    return Errno.EADDRINUSE;
                case "No space left on device":
                    return Errno.ENOSPC;
                case "Message too large": // Alpine Linux
                case "Message too long":
                    return Errno.EMSGSIZE;
                case "Is a directory":
                    return Errno.EISDIR;
                case "Operation timed out":
                    return Errno.ETIMEDOUT;
                case "No route to host":
                    return Errno.EHOSTUNREACH;
                case "permission denied":
                case "Permission denied":
                    return Errno.EACCES;
                case "Protocol family unavailable":
                    return Errno.EADDRNOTAVAIL;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    
Java does not give us enough information for specific error conditions
so we are reduced to divining them through string matches...
TODO: Should ECONNABORTED get thrown earlier in the descriptor itself or is it ok to handle this late?
TODO: Should we include this into Errno code somewhere do we can use this from other places as well?
/**
     * Java does not give us enough information for specific error conditions
     * so we are reduced to divining them through string matches...
     *
     * TODO: Should ECONNABORTED get thrown earlier in the descriptor itself or is it ok to handle this late?
     * TODO: Should we include this into Errno code somewhere do we can use this from other places as well?
     */
    public static RaiseException newIOErrorFromException(Ruby runtime, IOException ex) {
        Errno errno = errnoFromException(ex);

        if (errno == null) throw runtime.newIOError(ex.getLocalizedMessage());

        throw runtime.newErrnoFromErrno(errno, ex.getLocalizedMessage());
    }

    public static RubyModule getNthScopeModule(StaticScope scope, int depth) {
        int n = depth;
        while (n > 0) {
            scope = scope.getEnclosingScope();
            if (scope.getScopeType() != null) {
                n--;
            }
        }
        return scope.getModule();
    }

    public static RubyArray viewArgsArray(ThreadContext context, RubyArray rubyArray, int preArgsCount, int postArgsCount) {
        int n = rubyArray.getLength();
        if (preArgsCount + postArgsCount >= n) {
            return RubyArray.newEmptyArray(context.runtime);
        }
        return (RubyArray)rubyArray.subseq(context.runtime.getArray(), preArgsCount, n - preArgsCount - postArgsCount, true);
    }

    public static Class[] getStaticMethodParams(Class target, int args) {
        switch (args) {
        case 0:
            return new Class[] {target, ThreadContext.class, IRubyObject.class, Block.class};
        case 1:
            return new Class[] {target, ThreadContext.class, IRubyObject.class, IRubyObject.class, Block.class};
        case 2:
            return new Class[] {target, ThreadContext.class, IRubyObject.class, IRubyObject.class, IRubyObject.class, Block.class};
        case 3:
            return new Class[] {target, ThreadContext.class, IRubyObject.class, IRubyObject.class, IRubyObject.class, IRubyObject.class, Block.class};
        case 4:
            return new Class[] {target, ThreadContext.class, IRubyObject.class, IRubyObject[].class, Block.class};
        default:
            throw new RuntimeException("unsupported arity: " + args);
        }
    }

    public static String getStaticMethodSignature(String classname, int args) {
        switch (args) {
        case 0:
            return sig(IRubyObject.class, "L" + classname + ";", ThreadContext.class, IRubyObject.class, Block.class);
        case 1:
            return sig(IRubyObject.class, "L" + classname + ";", ThreadContext.class, IRubyObject.class, IRubyObject.class, Block.class);
        case 2:
            return sig(IRubyObject.class, "L" + classname + ";", ThreadContext.class, IRubyObject.class, IRubyObject.class, IRubyObject.class, Block.class);
        case 3:
            return sig(IRubyObject.class, "L" + classname + ";", ThreadContext.class, IRubyObject.class, IRubyObject.class, IRubyObject.class, IRubyObject.class, Block.class);
        case 4:
            return sig(IRubyObject.class, "L" + classname + ";", ThreadContext.class, IRubyObject.class, IRubyObject[].class, Block.class);
        default:
            throw new RuntimeException("unsupported arity: " + args);
        }
    }

    private static class MethodMissingMethod extends DynamicMethod {
        private final CacheEntry entry;
        private final CallType lastCallStatus;
        private final Visibility lastVisibility;

        public MethodMissingMethod(CacheEntry entry, Visibility lastVisibility, CallType lastCallStatus) {
            super(entry.method.getImplementationClass(), lastVisibility, entry.method.getName());
            this.entry = entry;
            this.lastCallStatus = lastCallStatus;
            this.lastVisibility = lastVisibility;
        }

        @Override
        public IRubyObject call(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, RubyModule clazz, String name, IRubyObject[] args, Block block) {
            context.setLastCallStatusAndVisibility(lastCallStatus, lastVisibility);
            return this.entry.method.call(context, self, entry.sourceModule, "method_missing", prepareMethodMissingArgs(args, context, name), block);
        }

        @Override
        public DynamicMethod dup() {
            return this;
        }
    }

    private static DynamicMethod selectInternalMM(Ruby runtime, Visibility visibility, CallType callType) {
        if (visibility == Visibility.PRIVATE) {
            return runtime.getPrivateMethodMissing();
        } else if (visibility == Visibility.PROTECTED) {
            return runtime.getProtectedMethodMissing();
        } else if (callType == CallType.VARIABLE) {
            return runtime.getVariableMethodMissing();
        } else if (callType == CallType.SUPER) {
            return runtime.getSuperMethodMissing();
        } else {
            return runtime.getNormalMethodMissing();
        }
    }

    private static IRubyObject[] prepareMethodMissingArgs(IRubyObject[] args, ThreadContext context, String name) {
        return ArraySupport.newCopy(context.runtime.newSymbol(name), args);
    }

    public static IRubyObject invoke(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, String name, Block block) {
        return self.getMetaClass().finvoke(context, self, name, block);
    }
    public static IRubyObject invoke(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, String name, IRubyObject arg0, Block block) {
        return self.getMetaClass().finvoke(context, self, name, arg0, block);
    }
    public static IRubyObject invoke(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, String name, IRubyObject arg0, IRubyObject arg1, Block block) {
        return self.getMetaClass().finvoke(context, self, name, arg0, arg1, block);
    }
    public static IRubyObject invoke(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, String name, IRubyObject arg0, IRubyObject arg1, IRubyObject arg2, Block block) {
        return self.getMetaClass().finvoke(context, self, name, arg0, arg1, arg2, block);
    }
    public static IRubyObject invoke(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, String name, IRubyObject[] args, Block block) {
        return self.getMetaClass().finvoke(context, self, name, args, block);
    }

    public static IRubyObject invoke(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, String name) {
        return self.getMetaClass().finvoke(context, self, name);
    }
    public static IRubyObject invoke(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, String name, IRubyObject arg0) {
        return self.getMetaClass().finvoke(context, self, name, arg0);
    }
    public static IRubyObject invoke(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, String name, IRubyObject arg0, IRubyObject arg1) {
        return self.getMetaClass().finvoke(context, self, name, arg0, arg1);
    }
    public static IRubyObject invoke(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, String name, IRubyObject arg0, IRubyObject arg1, IRubyObject arg2) {
        return self.getMetaClass().finvoke(context, self, name, arg0, arg1, arg2);
    }
    public static IRubyObject invoke(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, String name, IRubyObject... args) {
        return self.getMetaClass().finvoke(context, self, name, args);
    }

    public static IRubyObject invokeAs(ThreadContext context, RubyClass asClass, IRubyObject self, String name, IRubyObject[] args, Block block) {
        return asClass.finvoke(context, self, name, args, block);
    }

    public static IRubyObject invokeAs(ThreadContext context, RubyClass asClass, IRubyObject self, String name, Block block) {
        return asClass.finvoke(context, self, name, block);
    }

    public static IRubyObject invokeAs(ThreadContext context, RubyClass asClass, IRubyObject self, String name, IRubyObject arg0, Block block) {
        return asClass.finvoke(context, self, name, arg0, block);
    }

    public static IRubyObject invokeAs(ThreadContext context, RubyClass asClass, IRubyObject self, String name, IRubyObject arg0, IRubyObject arg1, Block block) {
        return asClass.finvoke(context, self, name, arg0, arg1, block);
    }

    public static IRubyObject invokeAs(ThreadContext context, RubyClass asClass, IRubyObject self, String name, IRubyObject arg0, IRubyObject arg1, IRubyObject arg2, Block block) {
        return asClass.finvoke(context, self, name, arg0, arg1, arg2, block);
    }

    
MRI: rb_funcallv_public
/**
    * MRI: rb_funcallv_public
    */
    public static IRubyObject invokePublic(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, String name, IRubyObject arg) {
        return getMetaClass(self).invokePublic(context, self, name, arg);
    }

    // MRI: rb_check_funcall
    public static IRubyObject invokeChecked(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, String name) {
        return getMetaClass(self).finvokeChecked(context, self, name);
    }

    // MRI: rb_check_funcall
    public static IRubyObject invokeChecked(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, JavaSites.CheckedSites sites) {
        return getMetaClass(self).finvokeChecked(context, self, sites);
    }

    // MRI: rb_check_funcall
    public static IRubyObject invokeChecked(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, String name, IRubyObject... args) {
        return getMetaClass(self).finvokeChecked(context, self, name, args);
    }

    // MRI: rb_check_funcall
    public static IRubyObject invokeChecked(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, JavaSites.CheckedSites sites, IRubyObject arg0) {
        return getMetaClass(self).finvokeChecked(context, self, sites, arg0);
    }

    // MRI: rb_check_funcall
    public static IRubyObject invokeChecked(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, JavaSites.CheckedSites sites, IRubyObject... args) {
        return getMetaClass(self).finvokeChecked(context, self, sites, args);
    }

    
The protocol for super method invocation is a bit complicated
in Ruby. In real terms it involves first finding the real
implementation class (the super class), getting the name of the
method to call from the frame, and then invoke that on the
super class with the current self as the actual object
invoking.
/**
     * The protocol for super method invocation is a bit complicated
     * in Ruby. In real terms it involves first finding the real
     * implementation class (the super class), getting the name of the
     * method to call from the frame, and then invoke that on the
     * super class with the current self as the actual object
     * invoking.
     */
    public static IRubyObject invokeSuper(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, IRubyObject[] args, Block block) {
        return invokeSuper(context, self, context.getFrameKlazz(), context.getFrameName(), args, block);
    }

    public static IRubyObject invokeSuper(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, RubyModule klass, String name, IRubyObject[] args, Block block) {
        checkSuperDisabledOrOutOfMethod(context, klass, name);

        RubyClass selfClass = getMetaClass(self);
        RubyClass superClass = klass.getSuperClass();
        CacheEntry entry = superClass != null ? superClass.searchWithCache(name) : CacheEntry.NULL_CACHE;
        DynamicMethod method = entry.method;

        if (method.isUndefined()) {
            return callMethodMissing(context, self, selfClass, method.getVisibility(), name, CallType.SUPER, args, block);
        }
        return method.call(context, self, entry.sourceModule, name, args, block);
    }

    public static IRubyObject invokeSuper(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, RubyModule klass, String name, IRubyObject arg0, Block block) {
        checkSuperDisabledOrOutOfMethod(context, klass, name);

        RubyClass selfClass = getMetaClass(self);
        RubyClass superClass = klass.getSuperClass();
        CacheEntry entry = superClass != null ? superClass.searchWithCache(name) : CacheEntry.NULL_CACHE;
        DynamicMethod method = entry.method;

        if (method.isUndefined()) {
            return callMethodMissing(context, self, selfClass, method.getVisibility(), name, CallType.SUPER, arg0, block);
        }
        return method.call(context, self, entry.sourceModule, name, arg0, block);
    }

    public static IRubyObject invokeSuper(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, Block block) {
        checkSuperDisabledOrOutOfMethod(context);
        RubyModule klazz = context.getFrameKlazz();
        String name = context.getFrameName();

        RubyClass selfClass = getMetaClass(self);
        RubyClass superClass = klazz.getSuperClass();
        CacheEntry entry = superClass != null ? superClass.searchWithCache(name) : CacheEntry.NULL_CACHE;
        DynamicMethod method = entry.method;

        if (method.isUndefined()) {
            return callMethodMissing(context, self, selfClass, method.getVisibility(), name, CallType.SUPER, block);
        }
        return method.call(context, self, entry.sourceModule, name, block);
    }

    public static IRubyObject invokeSuper(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, IRubyObject arg0, Block block) {
        checkSuperDisabledOrOutOfMethod(context);
        RubyModule klazz = context.getFrameKlazz();
        String name = context.getFrameName();

        RubyClass selfClass = getMetaClass(self);
        RubyClass superClass = klazz.getSuperClass();
        CacheEntry entry = superClass != null ? superClass.searchWithCache(name) : CacheEntry.NULL_CACHE;
        DynamicMethod method = entry.method;

        if (method.isUndefined()) {
            return callMethodMissing(context, self, selfClass, method.getVisibility(), name, CallType.SUPER, arg0, block);
        }
        return method.call(context, self, entry.sourceModule, name, arg0, block);
    }

    public static IRubyObject invokeSuper(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, IRubyObject arg0, IRubyObject arg1, Block block) {
        checkSuperDisabledOrOutOfMethod(context);
        RubyModule klazz = context.getFrameKlazz();
        String name = context.getFrameName();

        RubyClass selfClass = getMetaClass(self);
        RubyClass superClass = klazz.getSuperClass();
        CacheEntry entry = superClass != null ? superClass.searchWithCache(name) : CacheEntry.NULL_CACHE;
        DynamicMethod method = entry.method;

        if (method.isUndefined()) {
            return callMethodMissing(context, self, selfClass, method.getVisibility(), name, CallType.SUPER, arg0, arg1, block);
        }
        return method.call(context, self, entry.sourceModule, name, arg0, arg1, block);
    }

    public static IRubyObject invokeSuper(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, IRubyObject arg0, IRubyObject arg1, IRubyObject arg2, Block block) {
        checkSuperDisabledOrOutOfMethod(context);
        RubyModule klazz = context.getFrameKlazz();
        String name = context.getFrameName();


        RubyClass selfClass = getMetaClass(self);
        RubyClass superClass = klazz.getSuperClass();
        CacheEntry entry = superClass != null ? superClass.searchWithCache(name) : CacheEntry.NULL_CACHE;
        DynamicMethod method = entry.method;

        if (method.isUndefined()) {
            return callMethodMissing(context, self, selfClass, method.getVisibility(), name, CallType.SUPER, arg0, arg1, arg2, block);
        }
        return method.call(context, self, entry.sourceModule, name, arg0, arg1, arg2, block);
    }

    @Deprecated
    public static RubyArray ensureRubyArray(IRubyObject value) {
        return ensureRubyArray(value.getRuntime(), value);
    }

    public static RubyArray ensureRubyArray(Ruby runtime, IRubyObject value) {
        return value instanceof RubyArray ? (RubyArray)value : RubyArray.newArray(runtime, value);
    }

    @Deprecated // not used
    public static IRubyObject nullToNil(IRubyObject value, ThreadContext context) {
        return value != null ? value : context.nil;
    }

    @Deprecated // not used
    public static IRubyObject nullToNil(IRubyObject value, Ruby runtime) {
        return value != null ? value : runtime.getNil();
    }

    
See Also:
getNullToNilHandle.getNullToNilHandle()/**
     * @see Ruby#getNullToNilHandle()
     */
    public static IRubyObject nullToNil(IRubyObject value, IRubyObject nil) {
        return value != null ? value : nil;
    }

    public static void handleArgumentSizes(ThreadContext context, Ruby runtime, int given, int required, int opt, int rest) {
        if (opt == 0) {
            if (rest < 0) {
                // no opt, no rest, exact match
                if (given != required) {
                    throw runtime.newArgumentError(given, required);
                }
            } else {
                // only rest, must be at least required
                if (given < required) {
                    throw runtime.newArgumentError(given, required);
                }
            }
        } else {
            if (rest < 0) {
                // opt but no rest, must be at least required and no more than required + opt
                if (given < required) {
                    throw runtime.newArgumentError(given, required);
                } else if (given > (required + opt)) {
                    throw runtime.newArgumentError(given, required + opt);
                }
            } else {
                // opt and rest, must be at least required
                if (given < required) {
                    throw runtime.newArgumentError(given, required);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    public static String getLocalJumpTypeOrRethrow(RaiseException re) {
        RubyException exception = re.getException();
        Ruby runtime = exception.getRuntime();
        if (runtime.getLocalJumpError().isInstance(exception)) {
            RubyLocalJumpError jumpError = (RubyLocalJumpError)re.getException();

            IRubyObject reason = jumpError.reason();

            return reason.asJavaString();
        }

        throw re;
    }

    public static IRubyObject unwrapLocalJumpErrorValue(RaiseException re) {
        return ((RubyLocalJumpError)re.getException()).exit_value();
    }

    public static Block getBlockFromBlockPassBody(Ruby runtime, IRubyObject proc, Block currentBlock) {
        // No block from a nil proc
        if (proc.isNil()) return Block.NULL_BLOCK;

        // If not already a proc then we should try and make it one.
        if (!(proc instanceof RubyProc)) {
            proc = coerceProc(proc, runtime);
        }

        return getBlockFromProc(currentBlock, proc);
    }

    private static IRubyObject coerceProc(IRubyObject maybeProc, Ruby runtime) throws RaiseException {
        IRubyObject proc = TypeConverter.convertToType(maybeProc, runtime.getProc(), "to_proc", false);

        if (!(proc instanceof RubyProc)) {
            throw runtime.newTypeError(str(runtime, "wrong argument type ", types(runtime, maybeProc.getMetaClass()), " (expected Proc)"));
        }

        return proc;
    }

    private static Block getBlockFromProc(Block currentBlock, IRubyObject proc) {
        // TODO: Add safety check for taintedness
        if (currentBlock != null && currentBlock.isGiven()) {
            RubyProc procObject = currentBlock.getProcObject();
            // The current block is already associated with proc.  No need to create a new one
            if (procObject != null && procObject == proc) {
                return currentBlock;
            }
        }

        return ((RubyProc) proc).getBlock();
    }

    public static Block getBlockFromBlockPassBody(IRubyObject proc, Block currentBlock) {
        return getBlockFromBlockPassBody(proc.getRuntime(), proc, currentBlock);

    }

    public static IRubyObject backref(ThreadContext context) {
        return RubyRegexp.getBackRef(context);
    }

    public static IRubyObject backrefLastMatch(ThreadContext context) {
        IRubyObject backref = context.getBackRef();

        return RubyRegexp.last_match(backref);
    }

    public static IRubyObject backrefMatchPre(ThreadContext context) {
        IRubyObject backref = context.getBackRef();

        return RubyRegexp.match_pre(backref);
    }

    public static IRubyObject backrefMatchPost(ThreadContext context) {
        IRubyObject backref = context.getBackRef();

        return RubyRegexp.match_post(backref);
    }

    public static IRubyObject backrefMatchLast(ThreadContext context) {
        IRubyObject backref = context.getBackRef();

        return RubyRegexp.match_last(backref);
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] appendToObjectArray(IRubyObject[] array, IRubyObject add) {
        return ArraySupport.newCopy(array, add);
    }

    public static IRubyObject breakLocalJumpError(Ruby runtime, IRubyObject value) {
        throw runtime.newLocalJumpError(RubyLocalJumpError.Reason.BREAK, value, "unexpected break");
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] concatObjectArrays(IRubyObject[] array, IRubyObject[] add) {
        return toArray(array, add);
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] toArray(IRubyObject[] array, IRubyObject... rest) {
        final int len = array.length;
        IRubyObject[] newArray = new IRubyObject[len + rest.length];
        ArraySupport.copy(array, newArray, 0, len);
        ArraySupport.copy(rest, newArray, len, rest.length);
        return newArray;
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] toArray(IRubyObject obj, IRubyObject... rest) {
        return ArraySupport.newCopy(obj, rest);
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] toArray(IRubyObject obj0, IRubyObject obj1, IRubyObject... rest) {
        IRubyObject[] newArray = new IRubyObject[2 + rest.length];
        newArray[0] = obj0;
        newArray[1] = obj1;
        ArraySupport.copy(rest, newArray, 2, rest.length);
        return newArray;
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] toArray(IRubyObject obj0, IRubyObject obj1, IRubyObject obj2, IRubyObject... rest) {
        IRubyObject[] newArray = new IRubyObject[3 + rest.length];
        newArray[0] = obj0;
        newArray[1] = obj1;
        newArray[2] = obj2;
        ArraySupport.copy(rest, newArray, 3, rest.length);
        return newArray;
    }

    public static IRubyObject isExceptionHandled(RubyException currentException, IRubyObject[] exceptions, ThreadContext context) {
        for (int i = 0; i < exceptions.length; i++) {
            IRubyObject result = isExceptionHandled(currentException, exceptions[i], context);
            if (result.isTrue()) return result;
        }
        return context.fals;
    }

    public static IRubyObject isExceptionHandled(RubyException currentException, IRubyObject exception, ThreadContext context) {
        return isExceptionHandled((IRubyObject) currentException, exception, context);
    }

    public static IRubyObject isExceptionHandled(IRubyObject currentException, IRubyObject exception, ThreadContext context) {
        Ruby runtime = context.runtime;
        if (!runtime.getModule().isInstance(exception)) {
            throw runtime.newTypeError("class or module required for rescue clause");
        }
        IRubyObject result = invoke(context, exception, "===", currentException);
        if (result.isTrue()) return result;
        return runtime.getFalse();
    }

    public static IRubyObject isExceptionHandled(RubyException currentException, IRubyObject exception0, IRubyObject exception1, ThreadContext context) {
        IRubyObject result = isExceptionHandled(currentException, exception0, context);
        if (result.isTrue()) return result;
        return isExceptionHandled(currentException, exception1, context);
    }

    public static IRubyObject isExceptionHandled(RubyException currentException, IRubyObject exception0, IRubyObject exception1, IRubyObject exception2, ThreadContext context) {
        IRubyObject result = isExceptionHandled(currentException, exception0, context);
        if (result.isTrue()) return result;
        return isExceptionHandled(currentException, exception1, exception2, context);
    }

    public static boolean checkJavaException(final IRubyObject wrappedEx, final Throwable ex, IRubyObject catchable, ThreadContext context) {
        final Ruby runtime = context.runtime;
        if (
                // rescue exception needs to catch Java exceptions
                runtime.getException() == catchable ||

                // rescue Object needs to catch Java exceptions
                runtime.getObject() == catchable ||

                // rescue StandardError needs to catch Java exceptions
                runtime.getStandardError() == catchable) {

            if (ex instanceof RaiseException) {
                return isExceptionHandled(((RaiseException) ex).getException(), catchable, context).isTrue();
            }

            // let Ruby exceptions decide if they handle it
            return isExceptionHandled(wrappedEx, catchable, context).isTrue();
        }

        if (runtime.getNativeException() == catchable) {
            // NativeException catches Java exceptions, lazily creating the wrapper
            return true;
        }

        if (catchable instanceof RubyClass && JavaClass.isProxyType(context, (RubyClass) catchable)) {
            if ( ex instanceof InternalJavaProxy ) { // Ruby sub-class of a Java exception type
                final IRubyObject target = ((InternalJavaProxy) ex).___getInvocationHandler().getOrig();
                if ( target != null ) return ((RubyClass) catchable).isInstance(target);
            }
            return ((RubyClass) catchable).isInstance(wrappedEx);
        }

        if (catchable instanceof RubyModule) {
            IRubyObject result = invoke(context, catchable, "===", wrappedEx);
            return result.isTrue();
        }

        return false;
    }

    public static boolean checkJavaException(final Throwable ex, IRubyObject catchable, ThreadContext context) {
        return checkJavaException(wrapJavaException(context.runtime, ex), ex, catchable, context);
    }

    // wrapJavaException(runtime, ex)

    public static IRubyObject wrapJavaException(final Ruby runtime, final Throwable ex) {
        return JavaUtil.convertJavaToUsableRubyObject(runtime, ex);
    }

    @Deprecated // due deprecated checkJavaException
    public static IRubyObject isJavaExceptionHandled(Throwable currentThrowable, IRubyObject[] throwables, ThreadContext context) {
        if (currentThrowable instanceof Unrescuable) {
            throwException(currentThrowable);
        }

        if (currentThrowable instanceof RaiseException) {
            return isExceptionHandled(((RaiseException) currentThrowable).getException(), throwables, context);
        } else {
            if (throwables.length == 0) {
                // no rescue means StandardError, which rescues Java exceptions
                return context.tru;
            } else {
                for (int i = 0; i < throwables.length; i++) {
                    if (checkJavaException(currentThrowable, throwables[i], context)) {
                        return context.tru;
                    }
                }
            }

            return context.fals;
        }
    }

    @Deprecated // due deprecated checkJavaException
    public static IRubyObject isJavaExceptionHandled(Throwable currentThrowable, IRubyObject throwable, ThreadContext context) {
        if (currentThrowable instanceof Unrescuable) {
            throwException(currentThrowable);
        }

        if (currentThrowable instanceof RaiseException) {
            return isExceptionHandled(((RaiseException) currentThrowable).getException(), throwable, context);
        } else {
            if (checkJavaException(currentThrowable, throwable, context)) {
                return context.tru;
            }

            return context.fals;
        }
    }

    @Deprecated // due deprecated checkJavaException
    public static IRubyObject isJavaExceptionHandled(Throwable currentThrowable, IRubyObject throwable0, IRubyObject throwable1, ThreadContext context) {
        if (currentThrowable instanceof Unrescuable) {
            throwException(currentThrowable);
        }

        if (currentThrowable instanceof RaiseException) {
            return isExceptionHandled(((RaiseException)currentThrowable).getException(), throwable0, throwable1, context);
        } else {
            if (checkJavaException(currentThrowable, throwable0, context)) {
                return context.tru;
            }
            if (checkJavaException(currentThrowable, throwable1, context)) {
                return context.tru;
            }

            return context.fals;
        }
    }

    @Deprecated // due deprecated checkJavaException
    public static IRubyObject isJavaExceptionHandled(Throwable currentThrowable, IRubyObject throwable0, IRubyObject throwable1, IRubyObject throwable2, ThreadContext context) {
        if (currentThrowable instanceof Unrescuable) {
            throwException(currentThrowable);
        }

        if (currentThrowable instanceof RaiseException) {
            return isExceptionHandled(((RaiseException)currentThrowable).getException(), throwable0, throwable1, throwable2, context);
        } else {
            if (checkJavaException(currentThrowable, throwable0, context)) {
                return context.tru;
            }
            if (checkJavaException(currentThrowable, throwable1, context)) {
                return context.tru;
            }
            if (checkJavaException(currentThrowable, throwable2, context)) {
                return context.tru;
            }

            return context.fals;
        }
    }

    @Deprecated
    public static void storeExceptionInErrorInfo(Throwable currentThrowable, ThreadContext context) {
        IRubyObject exception;
        if (currentThrowable instanceof RaiseException) {
            exception = ((RaiseException)currentThrowable).getException();
        } else {
            exception = JavaUtil.convertJavaToUsableRubyObject(context.runtime, currentThrowable);
        }
        context.setErrorInfo(exception);
    }

    public static void clearErrorInfo(ThreadContext context) {
        context.setErrorInfo(context.nil);
    }

    public static void checkSuperDisabledOrOutOfMethod(ThreadContext context) {
        checkSuperDisabledOrOutOfMethod(context, context.getFrameKlazz(), context.getFrameName());
    }

    public static void checkSuperDisabledOrOutOfMethod(ThreadContext context, RubyModule klass, String name) {
        if (klass == null) {
            if (name != null) {
                Ruby runtime = context.runtime;
                throw runtime.newNameError(str(runtime, "superclass method '", ids(runtime, name), "' disabled"), name);
            }
        }
        if (name == null) {
            throw context.runtime.newNoMethodError("super called outside of method", null, context.nil);
        }
    }

    public static RubyModule findImplementerIfNecessary(RubyModule clazz, RubyModule implementationClass) {
        if (implementationClass.needsImplementer()) {
            // modules are included with a shim class; we must find that shim to handle super() appropriately
            return clazz.findImplementer(implementationClass);
        } else {
            // method is directly in a class, so just ensure we don't use any prepends
            return implementationClass.getMethodLocation();
        }
    }

    public static RubyArray createSubarray(RubyArray input, int start) {
        return (RubyArray)input.subseqLight(start, input.size() - start);
    }

    public static RubyArray createSubarray(RubyArray input, int start, int post) {
        return (RubyArray)input.subseqLight(start, input.size() - post - start);
    }

    public static RubyArray createSubarray(IRubyObject[] input, Ruby runtime, int start) {
        if (start >= input.length) {
            return RubyArray.newEmptyArray(runtime);
        } else {
            return RubyArray.newArrayMayCopy(runtime, input, start);
        }
    }

    public static RubyArray createSubarray(IRubyObject[] input, Ruby runtime, int start, int exclude) {
        int length = input.length - exclude - start;
        if (length <= 0) {
            return RubyArray.newEmptyArray(runtime);
        } else {
            return RubyArray.newArrayMayCopy(runtime, input, start, length);
        }
    }

    public static IRubyObject elementOrNull(IRubyObject[] input, int element) {
        if (element >= input.length) {
            return null;
        } else {
            return input[element];
        }
    }

    public static IRubyObject optElementOrNull(IRubyObject[] input, int element, int postCount) {
        if (element + postCount >= input.length) {
            return null;
        } else {
            return input[element];
        }
    }

    public static IRubyObject elementOrNil(IRubyObject[] input, int element, IRubyObject nil) {
        if (element >= input.length) {
            return nil;
        } else {
            return input[element];
        }
    }

    public static IRubyObject setConstantInModule(ThreadContext context, String name, IRubyObject value, IRubyObject module) {
        if (!(module instanceof RubyModule)) {
            throw context.runtime.newTypeError(str(context.runtime, ids(context.runtime, module), " is not a class/module"));
        }
        ((RubyModule) module).setConstant(name, value);

        return value;
    }

    public static final int MAX_SPECIFIC_ARITY_OBJECT_ARRAY = 10;

    public static IRubyObject[] anewarrayIRubyObjects(int size) {
        return new IRubyObject[size];
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] aastoreIRubyObjects(IRubyObject[] ary, IRubyObject one, int start) {
        ary[start] = one;
        return ary;
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] aastoreIRubyObjects(IRubyObject[] ary, IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, int start) {
        ary[start] = one;
        ary[start+1] = two;
        return ary;
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] aastoreIRubyObjects(IRubyObject[] ary, IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three, int start) {
        ary[start] = one;
        ary[start+1] = two;
        ary[start+2] = three;
        return ary;
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] aastoreIRubyObjects(IRubyObject[] ary, IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three, IRubyObject four, int start) {
        ary[start] = one;
        ary[start+1] = two;
        ary[start+2] = three;
        ary[start+3] = four;
        return ary;
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] aastoreIRubyObjects(IRubyObject[] ary, IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three, IRubyObject four, IRubyObject five, int start) {
        ary[start] = one;
        ary[start+1] = two;
        ary[start+2] = three;
        ary[start+3] = four;
        ary[start+4] = five;
        return ary;
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] aastoreIRubyObjects(IRubyObject[] ary, IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three, IRubyObject four, IRubyObject five, IRubyObject six, int start) {
        ary[start] = one;
        ary[start+1] = two;
        ary[start+2] = three;
        ary[start+3] = four;
        ary[start+4] = five;
        ary[start+5] = six;
        return ary;
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] aastoreIRubyObjects(IRubyObject[] ary, IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three, IRubyObject four, IRubyObject five, IRubyObject six, IRubyObject seven, int start) {
        ary[start] = one;
        ary[start+1] = two;
        ary[start+2] = three;
        ary[start+3] = four;
        ary[start+4] = five;
        ary[start+5] = six;
        ary[start+6] = seven;
        return ary;
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] aastoreIRubyObjects(IRubyObject[] ary, IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three, IRubyObject four, IRubyObject five, IRubyObject six, IRubyObject seven, IRubyObject eight, int start) {
        ary[start] = one;
        ary[start+1] = two;
        ary[start+2] = three;
        ary[start+3] = four;
        ary[start+4] = five;
        ary[start+5] = six;
        ary[start+6] = seven;
        ary[start+7] = eight;
        return ary;
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] aastoreIRubyObjects(IRubyObject[] ary, IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three, IRubyObject four, IRubyObject five, IRubyObject six, IRubyObject seven, IRubyObject eight, IRubyObject nine, int start) {
        ary[start] = one;
        ary[start+1] = two;
        ary[start+2] = three;
        ary[start+3] = four;
        ary[start+4] = five;
        ary[start+5] = six;
        ary[start+6] = seven;
        ary[start+7] = eight;
        ary[start+8] = nine;
        return ary;
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] aastoreIRubyObjects(IRubyObject[] ary, IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three, IRubyObject four, IRubyObject five, IRubyObject six, IRubyObject seven, IRubyObject eight, IRubyObject nine, IRubyObject ten, int start) {
        ary[start] = one;
        ary[start+1] = two;
        ary[start+2] = three;
        ary[start+3] = four;
        ary[start+4] = five;
        ary[start+5] = six;
        ary[start+6] = seven;
        ary[start+7] = eight;
        ary[start+8] = nine;
        ary[start+9] = ten;
        return ary;
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] constructObjectArray(IRubyObject one) {
        return new IRubyObject[] {one};
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] constructObjectArray(IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two) {
        return new IRubyObject[] {one, two};
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] constructObjectArray(IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three) {
        return new IRubyObject[] {one, two, three};
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] constructObjectArray(IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three, IRubyObject four) {
        return new IRubyObject[] {one, two, three, four};
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] constructObjectArray(IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three, IRubyObject four, IRubyObject five) {
        return new IRubyObject[] {one, two, three, four, five};
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] constructObjectArray(IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three, IRubyObject four, IRubyObject five, IRubyObject six) {
        return new IRubyObject[] {one, two, three, four, five, six};
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] constructObjectArray(IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three, IRubyObject four, IRubyObject five, IRubyObject six, IRubyObject seven) {
        return new IRubyObject[] {one, two, three, four, five, six, seven};
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] constructObjectArray(IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three, IRubyObject four, IRubyObject five, IRubyObject six, IRubyObject seven, IRubyObject eight) {
        return new IRubyObject[] {one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight};
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] constructObjectArray(IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three, IRubyObject four, IRubyObject five, IRubyObject six, IRubyObject seven, IRubyObject eight, IRubyObject nine) {
        return new IRubyObject[] {one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine};
    }

    public static IRubyObject[] constructObjectArray(IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three, IRubyObject four, IRubyObject five, IRubyObject six, IRubyObject seven, IRubyObject eight, IRubyObject nine, IRubyObject ten) {
        return new IRubyObject[] {one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten};
    }

    public static RubyArray constructRubyArray(Ruby runtime, IRubyObject one) {
        return RubyArray.newArrayLight(runtime, one);
    }

    public static RubyArray constructRubyArray(Ruby runtime, IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two) {
        return RubyArray.newArrayLight(runtime, one, two);
    }

    public static RubyArray constructRubyArray(Ruby runtime, IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three) {
        return RubyArray.newArrayLight(runtime, one, two, three);
    }

    public static RubyArray constructRubyArray(Ruby runtime, IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three, IRubyObject four) {
        return RubyArray.newArrayLight(runtime, one, two, three, four);
    }

    public static RubyArray constructRubyArray(Ruby runtime, IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three, IRubyObject four, IRubyObject five) {
        return RubyArray.newArrayLight(runtime, one, two, three, four, five);
    }

    public static RubyArray constructRubyArray(Ruby runtime, IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three, IRubyObject four, IRubyObject five, IRubyObject six) {
        return RubyArray.newArrayLight(runtime, one, two, three, four, five, six);
    }

    public static RubyArray constructRubyArray(Ruby runtime, IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three, IRubyObject four, IRubyObject five, IRubyObject six, IRubyObject seven) {
        return RubyArray.newArrayLight(runtime, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven);
    }

    public static RubyArray constructRubyArray(Ruby runtime, IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three, IRubyObject four, IRubyObject five, IRubyObject six, IRubyObject seven, IRubyObject eight) {
        return RubyArray.newArrayLight(runtime, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight);
    }

    public static RubyArray constructRubyArray(Ruby runtime, IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three, IRubyObject four, IRubyObject five, IRubyObject six, IRubyObject seven, IRubyObject eight, IRubyObject nine) {
        return RubyArray.newArrayLight(runtime, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine);
    }

    public static RubyArray constructRubyArray(Ruby runtime, IRubyObject one, IRubyObject two, IRubyObject three, IRubyObject four, IRubyObject five, IRubyObject six, IRubyObject seven, IRubyObject eight, IRubyObject nine, IRubyObject ten) {
        return RubyArray.newArrayLight(runtime, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten);
    }

    public static String[] constructStringArray(String one) {
        return new String[] {one};
    }

    public static String[] constructStringArray(String one, String two) {
        return new String[] {one, two};
    }

    public static String[] constructStringArray(String one, String two, String three) {
        return new String[] {one, two, three};
    }

    public static String[] constructStringArray(String one, String two, String three, String four) {
        return new String[] {one, two, three, four};
    }

    public static String[] constructStringArray(String one, String two, String three, String four, String five) {
        return new String[] {one, two, three, four, five};
    }

    public static String[] constructStringArray(String one, String two, String three, String four, String five, String six) {
        return new String[] {one, two, three, four, five, six};
    }

    public static String[] constructStringArray(String one, String two, String three, String four, String five, String six, String seven) {
        return new String[] {one, two, three, four, five, six, seven};
    }

    public static String[] constructStringArray(String one, String two, String three, String four, String five, String six, String seven, String eight) {
        return new String[] {one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight};
    }

    public static String[] constructStringArray(String one, String two, String three, String four, String five, String six, String seven, String eight, String nine) {
        return new String[] {one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine};
    }

    public static String[] constructStringArray(String one, String two, String three, String four, String five, String six, String seven, String eight, String nine, String ten) {
        return new String[] {one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten};
    }

    public static final int MAX_SPECIFIC_ARITY_HASH = 5;

    public static RubyHash constructHash(Ruby runtime,
                                         IRubyObject key1, IRubyObject value1, boolean prepareString1) {
        RubyHash hash = RubyHash.newHash(runtime);
        hash.fastASet(runtime, key1, value1, prepareString1);
        return hash;
    }

    public static RubyHash constructHash(Ruby runtime,
                                         IRubyObject key1, IRubyObject value1, boolean prepareString1,
                                         IRubyObject key2, IRubyObject value2, boolean prepareString2) {
        RubyHash hash = RubyHash.newHash(runtime);
        hash.fastASet(runtime, key1, value1, prepareString1);
        hash.fastASet(runtime, key2, value2, prepareString2);
        return hash;
    }

    public static RubyHash constructHash(Ruby runtime,
                                         IRubyObject key1, IRubyObject value1, boolean prepareString1,
                                         IRubyObject key2, IRubyObject value2, boolean prepareString2,
                                         IRubyObject key3, IRubyObject value3, boolean prepareString3) {
        RubyHash hash = RubyHash.newHash(runtime);
        hash.fastASet(runtime, key1, value1, prepareString1);
        hash.fastASet(runtime, key2, value2, prepareString2);
        hash.fastASet(runtime, key3, value3, prepareString3);
        return hash;
    }

    public static RubyHash constructHash(Ruby runtime,
                                         IRubyObject key1, IRubyObject value1, boolean prepareString1,
                                         IRubyObject key2, IRubyObject value2, boolean prepareString2,
                                         IRubyObject key3, IRubyObject value3, boolean prepareString3,
                                         IRubyObject key4, IRubyObject value4, boolean prepareString4) {
        RubyHash hash = RubyHash.newHash(runtime);
        hash.fastASet(runtime, key1, value1, prepareString1);
        hash.fastASet(runtime, key2, value2, prepareString2);
        hash.fastASet(runtime, key3, value3, prepareString3);
        hash.fastASet(runtime, key4, value4, prepareString4);
        return hash;
    }

    public static RubyHash constructHash(Ruby runtime,
                                         IRubyObject key1, IRubyObject value1, boolean prepareString1,
                                         IRubyObject key2, IRubyObject value2, boolean prepareString2,
                                         IRubyObject key3, IRubyObject value3, boolean prepareString3,
                                         IRubyObject key4, IRubyObject value4, boolean prepareString4,
                                         IRubyObject key5, IRubyObject value5, boolean prepareString5) {
        RubyHash hash = RubyHash.newHash(runtime);
        hash.fastASet(runtime, key1, value1, prepareString1);
        hash.fastASet(runtime, key2, value2, prepareString2);
        hash.fastASet(runtime, key3, value3, prepareString3);
        hash.fastASet(runtime, key4, value4, prepareString4);
        hash.fastASet(runtime, key5, value5, prepareString5);
        return hash;
    }

    public static RubyHash constructSmallHash(Ruby runtime,
                                              IRubyObject key1, IRubyObject value1, boolean prepareString1) {
        RubyHash hash = RubyHash.newSmallHash(runtime);
        hash.fastASetSmall(runtime, key1, value1, prepareString1);
        return hash;
    }

    public static RubyHash constructSmallHash(Ruby runtime,
                                              IRubyObject key1, IRubyObject value1, boolean prepareString1,
                                              IRubyObject key2, IRubyObject value2, boolean prepareString2) {
        RubyHash hash = RubyHash.newSmallHash(runtime);
        hash.fastASetSmall(runtime, key1, value1, prepareString1);
        hash.fastASetSmall(runtime, key2, value2, prepareString2);
        return hash;
    }

    public static RubyHash constructSmallHash(Ruby runtime,
                                              IRubyObject key1, IRubyObject value1, boolean prepareString1,
                                              IRubyObject key2, IRubyObject value2, boolean prepareString2,
                                              IRubyObject key3, IRubyObject value3, boolean prepareString3) {
        RubyHash hash = RubyHash.newSmallHash(runtime);
        hash.fastASetSmall(runtime, key1, value1, prepareString1);
        hash.fastASetSmall(runtime, key2, value2, prepareString2);
        hash.fastASetSmall(runtime, key3, value3, prepareString3);
        return hash;
    }

    public static RubyHash constructSmallHash(Ruby runtime,
                                              IRubyObject key1, IRubyObject value1, boolean prepareString1,
                                              IRubyObject key2, IRubyObject value2, boolean prepareString2,
                                              IRubyObject key3, IRubyObject value3, boolean prepareString3,
                                              IRubyObject key4, IRubyObject value4, boolean prepareString4) {
        RubyHash hash = RubyHash.newSmallHash(runtime);
        hash.fastASetSmall(runtime, key1, value1, prepareString1);
        hash.fastASetSmall(runtime, key2, value2, prepareString2);
        hash.fastASetSmall(runtime, key3, value3, prepareString3);
        hash.fastASetSmall(runtime, key4, value4, prepareString4);
        return hash;
    }

    public static RubyHash constructSmallHash(Ruby runtime,
                                              IRubyObject key1, IRubyObject value1, boolean prepareString1,
                                              IRubyObject key2, IRubyObject value2, boolean prepareString2,
                                              IRubyObject key3, IRubyObject value3, boolean prepareString3,
                                              IRubyObject key4, IRubyObject value4, boolean prepareString4,
                                              IRubyObject key5, IRubyObject value5, boolean prepareString5) {
        RubyHash hash = RubyHash.newSmallHash(runtime);
        hash.fastASetSmall(runtime, key1, value1, prepareString1);
        hash.fastASetSmall(runtime, key2, value2, prepareString2);
        hash.fastASetSmall(runtime, key3, value3, prepareString3);
        hash.fastASetSmall(runtime, key4, value4, prepareString4);
        hash.fastASetSmall(runtime, key5, value5, prepareString5);
        return hash;
    }

    public static IRubyObject negate(IRubyObject value, Ruby runtime) {
        if (value.isTrue()) return runtime.getFalse();
        return runtime.getTrue();
    }

    @Deprecated // no-longer used + confusing argument order
    public static IRubyObject stringOrNil(ByteList value, ThreadContext context) {
        if (value == null) return context.nil;
        return RubyString.newStringShared(context.runtime, value);
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    public static StaticScope preLoad(ThreadContext context, String[] varNames) {
        StaticScope staticScope = context.runtime.getStaticScopeFactory().newLocalScope(null, varNames);
        preLoadCommon(context, staticScope, false);

        return staticScope;
    }

    public static void preLoadCommon(ThreadContext context, StaticScope staticScope, boolean wrap) {
        RubyModule objectClass = context.runtime.getObject();
        if (wrap) {
            objectClass = RubyModule.newModule(context.runtime);
        }

        staticScope.setModule(objectClass);

        DynamicScope scope = DynamicScope.newDynamicScope(staticScope);

        // Each root node has a top-level scope that we need to push
        context.preScopedBody(scope);
        context.preNodeEval(context.runtime.getTopSelf());
    }

    public static void postLoad(ThreadContext context) {
        context.postNodeEval();
        context.postScopedBody();
    }

    @Deprecated // not-used
    public static void registerEndBlock(Block block, Ruby runtime) {
        runtime.pushExitBlock(runtime.newProc(Block.Type.LAMBDA, block));
    }

    @Deprecated // not-used
    public static IRubyObject match3(RubyRegexp regexp, IRubyObject value, ThreadContext context) {
        if (value instanceof RubyString) {
            return regexp.op_match(context, value);
        } else {
            return value.callMethod(context, "=~", regexp);
        }
    }

    @Deprecated // not-used
    public static IRubyObject getErrorInfo(Ruby runtime) {
        return runtime.getCurrentContext().getErrorInfo();
    }

    @Deprecated // not-used
    public static void setErrorInfo(Ruby runtime, IRubyObject error) {
        runtime.getCurrentContext().setErrorInfo(error);
    }

    public static IRubyObject setLastLine(Ruby runtime, ThreadContext context, IRubyObject value) {
        return context.setLastLine(value);
    }

    public static IRubyObject getLastLine(Ruby runtime, ThreadContext context) {
        return context.getLastLine();
    }

    public static IRubyObject setBackref(Ruby runtime, ThreadContext context, IRubyObject value) {
        if (!value.isNil() && !(value instanceof RubyMatchData)) throw runtime.newTypeError(value, runtime.getMatchData());
        return context.setBackRef(value);
    }

    public static IRubyObject getBackref(Ruby runtime, ThreadContext context) {
        return backref(context); // backref(context) method otherwise not used
    }

    public static RubyArray arrayValue(IRubyObject value) {
        Ruby runtime = value.getRuntime();
        return arrayValue(runtime.getCurrentContext(), runtime, value);
    }

    public static RubyArray arrayValue(ThreadContext context, Ruby runtime, IRubyObject value) {
        IRubyObject tmp = value.checkArrayType();

        if (tmp.isNil()) {
            if (value.respondsTo("to_a")) {
                IRubyObject avalue = value.callMethod(context, "to_a");
                if (!(avalue instanceof RubyArray)) {
                    if (avalue.isNil()) {
                        return runtime.newArray(value);
                    } else {
                        throw runtime.newTypeError("`to_a' did not return Array");
                    }
                }
                return (RubyArray)avalue;
            } else {
                CacheEntry entry = value.getMetaClass().searchWithCache("method_missing");
                DynamicMethod methodMissing = entry.method;
                if (methodMissing.isUndefined() || runtime.isDefaultMethodMissing(methodMissing)) {
                    return runtime.newArray(value);
                } else {
                    IRubyObject avalue = methodMissing.call(context, value, entry.sourceModule, "to_a", new IRubyObject[] {runtime.newSymbol("to_a")}, Block.NULL_BLOCK);
                    if (!(avalue instanceof RubyArray)) {
                        if (avalue.isNil()) {
                            return runtime.newArray(value);
                        } else {
                            throw runtime.newTypeError("`to_a' did not return Array");
                        }
                    }
                    return (RubyArray)avalue;
                }
            }
        }
        RubyArray arr = (RubyArray) tmp;

        return arr.aryDup();
    }

    // mri: rb_Array
    @Deprecated
    public static RubyArray asArray(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject value) {
        return TypeConverter.rb_Array(context, value);
    }

    @Deprecated // not used
    public static IRubyObject aryToAry(IRubyObject value) {
        return aryToAry(value.getRuntime().getCurrentContext(), value);
    }

    public static IRubyObject aryToAry(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject value) {
        if (value instanceof RubyArray) return value;

        if (value.respondsTo("to_ary")) {
            return TypeConverter.convertToType(context, value, context.runtime.getArray(), "to_ary", false);
        }

        return context.runtime.newArray(value);
    }

    public static IRubyObject aryOrToAry(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject value) {
        if (value instanceof RubyArray) return value;

        if (value.respondsTo("to_ary")) {
            return TypeConverter.convertToType(context, value, context.runtime.getArray(), "to_ary", false);
        }

        return context.nil;
    }

    @Deprecated // not used
    public static IRubyObject aValueSplat(IRubyObject value) {
        if (!(value instanceof RubyArray) || ((RubyArray) value).length().getLongValue() == 0) {
            return value.getRuntime().getNil();
        }

        RubyArray array = (RubyArray) value;

        return array.getLength() == 1 ? array.first() : array;
    }

    @Deprecated // not used
    public static IRubyObject aValueSplat19(IRubyObject value) {
        if (!(value instanceof RubyArray)) {
            return value.getRuntime().getNil();
        }

        return (RubyArray) value;
    }

    @Deprecated // not used
    public static RubyArray splatValue(IRubyObject value) {
        if (value.isNil()) {
            return value.getRuntime().newArray(value);
        }

        return arrayValue(value);
    }

    @Deprecated // not used
    public static RubyArray splatValue19(IRubyObject value) {
        if (value.isNil()) {
            return value.getRuntime().newEmptyArray();
        }

        return arrayValue(value);
    }

    @Deprecated // not used
    public static IRubyObject unsplatValue19(IRubyObject argsResult) {
        if (argsResult instanceof RubyArray) {
            RubyArray array = (RubyArray) argsResult;

            if (array.size() == 1) {
                IRubyObject newResult = array.eltInternal(0);
                if (!((newResult instanceof RubyArray) && ((RubyArray) newResult).size() == 0)) {
                    argsResult = newResult;
                }
            }
        }
        return argsResult;
    }

    @Deprecated // no longer used
    public static IRubyObject[] splatToArguments(IRubyObject value) {
        if (value.isNil()) {
            return value.getRuntime().getSingleNilArray();
        }

        IRubyObject tmp = value.checkArrayType();

        if (tmp.isNil()) {
            return convertSplatToJavaArray(value.getRuntime(), value);
        }
        return ((RubyArray)tmp).toJavaArrayMaybeUnsafe();
    }

    private static IRubyObject[] convertSplatToJavaArray(Ruby runtime, IRubyObject value) {
        // Object#to_a is obsolete.  We match Ruby's hack until to_a goes away.  Then we can
        // remove this hack too.

        RubyClass metaClass = value.getMetaClass();
        CacheEntry entry = metaClass.searchWithCache("to_a");
        DynamicMethod method = entry.method;
        if (method.isUndefined() || method.isImplementedBy(runtime.getKernel())) {
            return new IRubyObject[] {value};
        }

        IRubyObject avalue = method.call(runtime.getCurrentContext(), value, entry.sourceModule, "to_a");
        if (!(avalue instanceof RubyArray)) {
            if (avalue.isNil()) {
                return new IRubyObject[] {value};
            } else {
                throw runtime.newTypeError("`to_a' did not return Array");
            }
        }
        return ((RubyArray)avalue).toJavaArray();
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") @Deprecated // no longer used
    public static IRubyObject[] argsCatToArguments(IRubyObject[] args, IRubyObject cat) {
        IRubyObject[] ary = splatToArguments(cat);
        if (ary.length > 0) {
            IRubyObject[] newArgs = new IRubyObject[args.length + ary.length];
            System.arraycopy(args, 0, newArgs, 0, args.length);
            System.arraycopy(ary, 0, newArgs, args.length, ary.length);
            return newArgs;
        }
        return args;
    }

    @Deprecated
    public static RubySymbol addInstanceMethod(RubyModule containingClass, String name, DynamicMethod method, Visibility visibility, ThreadContext context, Ruby runtime) {
        return addInstanceMethod(containingClass, runtime.fastNewSymbol(name), method, visibility, context, runtime);
    }

    public static RubySymbol addInstanceMethod(RubyModule containingClass, RubySymbol symbol, DynamicMethod method, Visibility visibility, ThreadContext context, Ruby runtime) {
        containingClass.addMethod(symbol.idString(), method);

        if (!containingClass.isRefinement()) callNormalMethodHook(containingClass, context, symbol);
        if (visibility == Visibility.MODULE_FUNCTION) addModuleMethod(containingClass, method, context, symbol);

        return symbol;
    }

    private static void addModuleMethod(RubyModule containingClass, DynamicMethod method, ThreadContext context, RubySymbol sym) {
        DynamicMethod singletonMethod = method.dup();
        singletonMethod.setImplementationClass(containingClass.getSingletonClass());
        singletonMethod.setVisibility(Visibility.PUBLIC);
        containingClass.getSingletonClass().addMethod(sym.idString(), singletonMethod);
        containingClass.callMethod(context, "singleton_method_added", sym);
    }

    private static void callNormalMethodHook(RubyModule containingClass, ThreadContext context, RubySymbol name) {
        // 'class << state.self' and 'class << obj' uses defn as opposed to defs
        if (containingClass.isSingleton()) {
            callSingletonMethodHook(((MetaClass) containingClass).getAttached(), context, name);
        } else {
            containingClass.callMethod(context, "method_added", name);
        }
    }

    private static void callSingletonMethodHook(RubyBasicObject receiver, ThreadContext context, RubySymbol name) {
        receiver.callMethod(context, "singleton_method_added", name);
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    static String encodeScope(StaticScope scope) {
        StringBuilder namesBuilder = new StringBuilder(scope.getType().name()); // 0

        namesBuilder.append(',');  // 1

        boolean first = true;
        for (String name : scope.getVariables()) {
            if (!first) namesBuilder.append(';');
            first = false;
            namesBuilder.append(name);
        }
        namesBuilder.append(',').append(scope.getSignature().encode()); // 2
        namesBuilder.append(',').append(scope.getScopeType());          // 3

        return namesBuilder.toString();
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    static StaticScope decodeScope(ThreadContext context, StaticScope parent, String scopeString) {
        String[][] decodedScope = decodeScopeDescriptor(scopeString);
        String scopeTypeName = decodedScope[0][0];
        String[] names = decodedScope[1];
        StaticScope scope = null;
        switch (StaticScope.Type.valueOf(scopeTypeName)) {
            case BLOCK:
                scope = context.runtime.getStaticScopeFactory().newBlockScope(parent, names);
                break;
            case EVAL:
                scope = context.runtime.getStaticScopeFactory().newEvalScope(parent, names);
                break;
            case LOCAL:
                scope = context.runtime.getStaticScopeFactory().newLocalScope(parent, names);
                break;
        }
        setAritiesFromDecodedScope(scope, decodedScope[0][2]);
        scope.setScopeType(IRScopeType.valueOf(decodedScope[0][3]));
        return scope;
    }

    private static String[][] decodeScopeDescriptor(String scopeString) {
        String[] scopeElements = scopeString.split(",");
        String[] scopeNames = scopeElements[1].length() == 0 ? EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY : getScopeNames(scopeElements[1]);
        return new String[][] {scopeElements, scopeNames};
    }

    private static void setAritiesFromDecodedScope(StaticScope scope, String encodedSignature) {
        scope.setSignature(Signature.decode(Long.parseLong(encodedSignature)));
    }

    public static StaticScope decodeScopeAndDetermineModule(ThreadContext context, StaticScope parent, String scopeString) {
        StaticScope scope = decodeScope(context, parent, scopeString);
        scope.determineModule();

        return scope;
    }

    public static Visibility performNormalMethodChecksAndDetermineVisibility(Ruby runtime, RubyModule clazz,
                                                                             RubySymbol symbol, Visibility visibility) throws RaiseException {
        String name = symbol.asJavaString(); // We just assume simple ascii string since that is all we are examining.

        if (clazz == runtime.getDummy()) {
            throw runtime.newTypeError("no class/module to add method");
        }

        if (clazz == runtime.getObject() && "initialize".equals(name)) {
            runtime.getWarnings().warn(ID.REDEFINING_DANGEROUS, "redefining Object#initialize may cause infinite loop");
        }

        if ("__id__".equals(name) || "__send__".equals(name)) {
            runtime.getWarnings().warn(ID.REDEFINING_DANGEROUS, str(runtime, "redefining `", ids(runtime, symbol), "' may cause serious problem"));
        }

        if ("initialize".equals(name) || "initialize_copy".equals(name) || name.equals("initialize_dup") || name.equals("initialize_clone") || name.equals("respond_to_missing?") || visibility == Visibility.MODULE_FUNCTION) {
            visibility = Visibility.PRIVATE;
        }

        return visibility;
    }

    public static RubyClass performSingletonMethodChecks(Ruby runtime, IRubyObject receiver, String name) throws RaiseException {
        if (receiver instanceof RubyFixnum || receiver instanceof RubySymbol) {
            throw runtime.newTypeError(str(runtime, "can't define singleton method \"", ids(runtime, name), "\" for ", types(runtime, receiver.getMetaClass())));
        }

        if (receiver.isFrozen()) {
            throw runtime.newFrozenError("object");
        }

        RubyClass rubyClass = receiver.getSingletonClass();

        return rubyClass;
    }

    @Deprecated // not used
    public static IRubyObject arrayEntryOrNil(RubyArray array, int index) {
        if (index < array.getLength()) {
            return array.eltInternal(index);
        } else {
            return array.getRuntime().getNil();
        }
    }

    @Deprecated // not used
    public static IRubyObject arrayEntryOrNilZero(RubyArray array) {
        if (0 < array.getLength()) {
            return array.eltInternal(0);
        } else {
            return array.getRuntime().getNil();
        }
    }

    @Deprecated // not used
    public static IRubyObject arrayEntryOrNilOne(RubyArray array) {
        if (1 < array.getLength()) {
            return array.eltInternal(1);
        } else {
            return array.getRuntime().getNil();
        }
    }

    @Deprecated // not used
    public static IRubyObject arrayEntryOrNilTwo(RubyArray array) {
        if (2 < array.getLength()) {
            return array.eltInternal(2);
        } else {
            return array.getRuntime().getNil();
        }
    }

    @Deprecated // not used
    public static IRubyObject arrayPostOrNil(RubyArray array, int pre, int post, int index) {
        if (pre + post < array.getLength()) {
            return array.eltInternal(array.getLength() - post + index);
        } else if (pre + index < array.getLength()) {
            return array.eltInternal(pre + index);
        } else {
            return array.getRuntime().getNil();
        }
    }

    @Deprecated // not used
    public static IRubyObject arrayPostOrNilZero(RubyArray array, int pre, int post) {
        if (pre + post < array.getLength()) {
            return array.eltInternal(array.getLength() - post + 0);
        } else if (pre + 0 < array.getLength()) {
            return array.eltInternal(pre + 0);
        } else {
            return array.getRuntime().getNil();
        }
    }

    @Deprecated // not used
    public static IRubyObject arrayPostOrNilOne(RubyArray array, int pre, int post) {
        if (pre + post < array.getLength()) {
            return array.eltInternal(array.getLength() - post + 1);
        } else if (pre + 1 < array.getLength()) {
            return array.eltInternal(pre + 1);
        } else {
            return array.getRuntime().getNil();
        }
    }

    @Deprecated // not used
    public static IRubyObject arrayPostOrNilTwo(RubyArray array, int pre, int post) {
        if (pre + post < array.getLength()) {
            return array.eltInternal(array.getLength() - post + 2);
        } else if (pre + 2 < array.getLength()) {
            return array.eltInternal(pre + 2);
        } else {
            return array.getRuntime().getNil();
        }
    }

    @Deprecated // not used
    public static RubyArray subarrayOrEmpty(RubyArray array, Ruby runtime, int index) {
        if (index < array.getLength()) {
            return createSubarray(array, index);
        } else {
            return RubyArray.newEmptyArray(runtime);
        }
    }

    @Deprecated // not used
    public static RubyArray subarrayOrEmpty(RubyArray array, Ruby runtime, int index, int post) {
        if (index + post < array.getLength()) {
            return createSubarray(array, index, post);
        } else {
            return RubyArray.newEmptyArray(runtime);
        }
    }

    public static RubyModule checkIsModule(IRubyObject maybeModule) {
        if (maybeModule instanceof RubyModule) return (RubyModule)maybeModule;

        Ruby runtime = maybeModule.getRuntime();
        throw runtime.newTypeError(str(runtime, ids(runtime, maybeModule), " is not a class/module"));
    }

    public static IRubyObject getGlobalVariable(Ruby runtime, String name) {
        return runtime.getGlobalVariables().get(name);
    }

    public static IRubyObject setGlobalVariable(IRubyObject value, Ruby runtime, String name) {
        return runtime.getGlobalVariables().set(name, value);
    }

    public static IRubyObject getInstanceVariable(IRubyObject self, Ruby runtime, String internedName) {
        IRubyObject result = self.getInstanceVariables().getInstanceVariable(internedName);
        if (result != null) return result;
        if (runtime.isVerbose()) warnAboutUninitializedIvar(runtime, internedName);
        return runtime.getNil();
    }

    public static IRubyObject getInstanceVariableNoWarn(IRubyObject self, ThreadContext context, String internedName) {
        IRubyObject result = self.getInstanceVariables().getInstanceVariable(internedName);
        if (result != null) return result;
        return context.nil;
    }

    private static void warnAboutUninitializedIvar(Ruby runtime, String id) {
        runtime.getWarnings().warning(ID.IVAR_NOT_INITIALIZED, str(runtime, "instance variable ", ids(runtime, id), " not initialized"));
    }

    public static IRubyObject setInstanceVariable(IRubyObject value, IRubyObject self, String name) {
        return self.getInstanceVariables().setInstanceVariable(name, value);
    }

    public static RubyProc newLiteralLambda(ThreadContext context, Block block, IRubyObject self) {
        return RubyProc.newProc(context.runtime, block, Block.Type.LAMBDA);
    }

    public static void fillNil(final IRubyObject[] arr, int from, int to, Ruby runtime) {
        if (arr.length == 0) return;
        IRubyObject nils[] = runtime.getNilPrefilledArray();
        int i;

        // NOTE: seems that Arrays.fill(arr, runtime.getNil()) won't do better ... on Java 8
        // Object[] array doesn't get the same optimizations as e.g. byte[] int[]

        for (i = from; i + Ruby.NIL_PREFILLED_ARRAY_SIZE < to; i += Ruby.NIL_PREFILLED_ARRAY_SIZE) {
            System.arraycopy(nils, 0, arr, i, Ruby.NIL_PREFILLED_ARRAY_SIZE);
        }
        ArraySupport.copy(nils, arr, i, to - i);
    }

    public static void fillNil(IRubyObject[] arr, Ruby runtime) {
        fillNil(arr, 0, arr.length, runtime);
    }

    public static Block getBlock(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, Node node) {
        throw new RuntimeException("Should not be called");
    }

    public static Block getBlock(Ruby runtime, ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, Node node, Block aBlock) {
        throw new RuntimeException("Should not be called");
    }

    
Equivalent to rb_equal in MRI
Params:
context – 
a – 
b – 
Returns:
/**
     * Equivalent to rb_equal in MRI
     *
     * @param context
     * @param a
     * @param b
     * @return
     */
    public static RubyBoolean rbEqual(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject a, IRubyObject b) {
        Ruby runtime = context.runtime;
        if (a == b) return runtime.getTrue();
        IRubyObject res = sites(context).op_equal.call(context, a, a, b);
        return runtime.newBoolean(res.isTrue());
    }

    
Equivalent to rb_equal in MRI
Params:
context – 
a – 
b – 
Returns:
/**
     * Equivalent to rb_equal in MRI
     *
     * @param context
     * @param a
     * @param b
     * @return
     */
    public static RubyBoolean rbEqual(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject a, IRubyObject b, CallSite equal) {
        Ruby runtime = context.runtime;
        if (a == b) return runtime.getTrue();
        IRubyObject res = equal.call(context, a, a, b);
        return runtime.newBoolean(res.isTrue());
    }

    
Equivalent to rb_eql in MRI
Params:
context – 
a – 
b – 
Returns:
/**
     * Equivalent to rb_eql in MRI
     *
     * @param context
     * @param a
     * @param b
     * @return
     */
    public static RubyBoolean rbEql(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject a, IRubyObject b) {
        Ruby runtime = context.runtime;
        if (a == b) return runtime.getTrue();
        IRubyObject res = invokedynamic(context, a, EQL, b);
        return runtime.newBoolean(res.isTrue());
    }

    
Used by the compiler to simplify arg checking in variable-arity paths
Params:
context – thread context
args – arguments array
min – minimum required
max – maximum allowed/**
     * Used by the compiler to simplify arg checking in variable-arity paths
     *
     * @param context thread context
     * @param args arguments array
     * @param min minimum required
     * @param max maximum allowed
     */
    public static void checkArgumentCount(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject[] args, int min, int max) {
        checkArgumentCount(context, args.length, min, max);
    }

    
Used by the compiler to simplify arg checking in variable-arity paths
Params:
context – thread context
args – arguments array
req – required number/**
     * Used by the compiler to simplify arg checking in variable-arity paths
     *
     * @param context thread context
     * @param args arguments array
     * @param req required number
     */
    public static void checkArgumentCount(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject[] args, int req) {
        checkArgumentCount(context, args.length, req, req);
    }

    public static void checkArgumentCount(ThreadContext context, int length, int min, int max) {
        int expected = 0;
        if (length < min) {
            expected = min;
        } else if (max > -1 && length > max) {
            expected = max;
        } else {
            return;
        }
        throw context.runtime.newArgumentError(length, expected);
    }

    public static boolean isModuleAndHasConstant(IRubyObject left, String name) {
        return left instanceof RubyModule && ((RubyModule) left).getConstantFromNoConstMissing(name, false) != null;
    }

    @JIT @Interp
    public static IRubyObject getDefinedConstantOrBoundMethod(IRubyObject left, String name, IRubyObject definedConstantMessage, IRubyObject definedMethodMessage) {
        if (isModuleAndHasConstant(left, name)) return definedConstantMessage;
        if (left.getMetaClass().isMethodBound(name, true)) return definedMethodMessage;
        return null;
    }

    public static RubyModule getSuperClassForDefined(Ruby runtime, RubyModule klazz) {
        RubyModule superklazz = klazz.getSuperClass();

        if (superklazz == null && klazz.isModule()) superklazz = runtime.getObject();

        return superklazz;
    }

    public static String[] getScopeNames(String scopeNames) {
        StringTokenizer toker = new StringTokenizer(scopeNames, ";");
        ArrayList list = new ArrayList(10);
        while (toker.hasMoreTokens()) {
            list.add(toker.nextToken().intern());
        }
        return (String[])list.toArray(new String[list.size()]);
    }

    public static RubyClass metaclass(IRubyObject object) {
        return object instanceof RubyBasicObject ?
            ((RubyBasicObject)object).getMetaClass() :
            object.getMetaClass();
    }

    public static String rawBytesToString(byte[] bytes) {
        // stuff bytes into chars
        char[] chars = new char[bytes.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++) chars[i] = (char)bytes[i];
        return new String(chars);
    }

    public static byte[] stringToRawBytes(String string) {
        char[] chars = string.toCharArray();
        byte[] bytes = new byte[chars.length];
        for (int i = 0; i < chars.length; i++) bytes[i] = (byte)chars[i];
        return bytes;
    }

    public static String encodeCaptureOffsets(int[] scopeOffsets) {
        char[] encoded = new char[scopeOffsets.length * 2];
        for (int i = 0; i < scopeOffsets.length; i++) {
            int offDepth = scopeOffsets[i];
            char off = (char)(offDepth & 0xFFFF);
            char depth = (char)(offDepth >> 16);
            encoded[2 * i] = off;
            encoded[2 * i + 1] = depth;
        }
        return new String(encoded);
    }

    public static int[] decodeCaptureOffsets(String encoded) {
        char[] chars = encoded.toCharArray();
        int[] scopeOffsets = new int[chars.length / 2];
        for (int i = 0; i < scopeOffsets.length; i++) {
            char off = chars[2 * i];
            char depth = chars[2 * i + 1];
            scopeOffsets[i] = (((int)depth) << 16) | (int)off;
        }
        return scopeOffsets;
    }

    @Deprecated // not-used
    public static IRubyObject match2AndUpdateScope(IRubyObject receiver, ThreadContext context, IRubyObject value, String scopeOffsets) {
        IRubyObject match = ((RubyRegexp)receiver).op_match(context, value);
        updateScopeWithCaptures(context, decodeCaptureOffsets(scopeOffsets), match);
        return match;
    }

    public static void updateScopeWithCaptures(ThreadContext context, int[] scopeOffsets, IRubyObject result) {
        Ruby runtime = context.runtime;
        if (result.isNil()) { // match2 directly calls match so we know we can count on result
            IRubyObject nil = runtime.getNil();

            for (int i = 0; i < scopeOffsets.length; i++) {
                // SSS FIXME: This is not doing the offset/depth extraction as in the else case
                context.getCurrentScope().setValue(nil, scopeOffsets[i], 0);
            }
        } else {
            RubyMatchData matchData = (RubyMatchData)context.getBackRef();
            // FIXME: Mass assignment is possible since we know they are all locals in the same
            //   scope that are also contiguous
            IRubyObject[] namedValues = matchData.getNamedBackrefValues(runtime);

            for (int i = 0; i < scopeOffsets.length; i++) {
                context.getCurrentScope().setValue(namedValues[i], scopeOffsets[i] & 0xffff, scopeOffsets[i] >> 16);
            }
        }
    }

    @Deprecated
    public static RubyArray argsPush(ThreadContext context, RubyArray first, IRubyObject second) {
        return ((RubyArray)first.dup()).append(second);
    }

    @JIT
    public static RubyArray argsPush(IRubyObject first, IRubyObject second) {
        return ((RubyArray)first.dup()).append(second);
    }

    public static RubyArray argsCat(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject first, IRubyObject second) {
        IRubyObject secondArgs = IRRuntimeHelpers.irSplat(context, second);

        return ((RubyArray) Helpers.ensureRubyArray(context.runtime, first).dup()).concat(secondArgs);
    }

    @Deprecated
    public static RubyArray argsCat(IRubyObject first, IRubyObject second) {
        return argsCat(first.getRuntime().getCurrentContext(), first, second);
    }

    
Use an ArgsNode (used for blocks) to generate ArgumentDescriptors /** Use an ArgsNode (used for blocks) to generate ArgumentDescriptors */
    public static ArgumentDescriptor[] argsNodeToArgumentDescriptors(ArgsNode argsNode) {
        ArrayList<ArgumentDescriptor> descs = new ArrayList<>();
        Node[] args = argsNode.getArgs();
        int preCount = argsNode.getPreCount();

        if (preCount > 0) {
            for (int i = 0; i < preCount; i++) {
                if (args[i] instanceof MultipleAsgnNode) {
                    descs.add(new ArgumentDescriptor(ArgumentType.anonreq));
                } else {
                    descs.add(new ArgumentDescriptor(ArgumentType.req, ((ArgumentNode) args[i]).getName()));
                }
            }
        }


        int optCount = argsNode.getOptionalArgsCount();
        if (optCount > 0) {
            int optIndex = argsNode.getOptArgIndex();

            for (int i = 0; i < optCount; i++) {
                Node optNode = args[optIndex + i];
                if (optNode instanceof INameNode) {
                    descs.add(new ArgumentDescriptor(ArgumentType.opt, ((INameNode) optNode).getName()));
                } else {
                    descs.add(new ArgumentDescriptor(ArgumentType.anonopt));
                }
            }
        }

        ArgumentNode restArg = argsNode.getRestArgNode();
        if (restArg != null) {
            if (restArg instanceof UnnamedRestArgNode) {
                if (((UnnamedRestArgNode) restArg).isStar()) descs.add(new ArgumentDescriptor(ArgumentType.anonrest));
            } else {
                descs.add(new ArgumentDescriptor(ArgumentType.rest, restArg.getName()));
            }
        }

        int postCount = argsNode.getPostCount();
        if (postCount > 0) {
            int postIndex = argsNode.getPostIndex();
            for (int i = 0; i < postCount; i++) {
                Node postNode = args[postIndex + i];
                if (postNode instanceof MultipleAsgnNode) {
                    descs.add(new ArgumentDescriptor(ArgumentType.anonreq));
                } else {
                    descs.add(new ArgumentDescriptor(ArgumentType.req, ((ArgumentNode)postNode).getName()));
                }
            }
        }

        int keywordsCount = argsNode.getKeywordCount();
        if (keywordsCount > 0) {
            int keywordsIndex = argsNode.getKeywordsIndex();
            for (int i = 0; i < keywordsCount; i++) {
                Node keyWordNode = args[keywordsIndex + i];
                for (Node asgnNode : keyWordNode.childNodes()) {
                    ArgumentType type = isRequiredKeywordArgumentValueNode(asgnNode) ? ArgumentType.keyreq : ArgumentType.key;
                    descs.add(new ArgumentDescriptor(type, ((INameNode) asgnNode).getName()));
                }
            }
        }

        if (argsNode.getKeyRest() != null) {
            RubySymbol argName = argsNode.getKeyRest().getName();
            // FIXME: Should a argName of "" really get saved that way here?
            ArgumentType type = argName == null || argName.getBytes().length() == 0 ? ArgumentType.anonkeyrest : ArgumentType.keyrest;
            descs.add(new ArgumentDescriptor(type, argName));
        }
        if (argsNode.getBlock() != null) descs.add(new ArgumentDescriptor(ArgumentType.block, argsNode.getBlock().getName()));

        return descs.toArray(new ArgumentDescriptor[descs.size()]);
    }

    
Convert a parameter list from prefix format to ArgumentDescriptor format.  This source is expected to come
from a native path.  Therefore we will be assuming parameterList is UTF-8.
/**
     * Convert a parameter list from prefix format to ArgumentDescriptor format.  This source is expected to come
     * from a native path.  Therefore we will be assuming parameterList is UTF-8.
     */
    public static ArgumentDescriptor[] parameterListToArgumentDescriptors(Ruby runtime, String[] parameterList, boolean isLambda) {
        ArgumentDescriptor[] parms = new ArgumentDescriptor[parameterList.length];

        for (int i = 0; i < parameterList.length; i++) {
            String param = parameterList[i];

            if (param.equals("NONE")) break;
            if (param.equals("nil")) param = "n"; // make length 1 so we don't look for a name

            ArgumentType type = ArgumentType.valueOf(param.charAt(0));

            // for lambdas, we call required args optional
            if (type == ArgumentType.req && !isLambda) type = ArgumentType.opt;

            // 'R', 'o', 'n' forms can get here without a name
            if (param.length() > 1) {
                parms[i] = new ArgumentDescriptor(type, runtime.newSymbol(param.substring(1)));
            } else {
                parms[i] = new ArgumentDescriptor(type.anonymousForm());
            }
        }

        return parms;
    }

    
Convert a parameter list from ArgumentDescriptor format to "Array of Array" format /** Convert a parameter list from ArgumentDescriptor format to "Array of Array" format */
    public static RubyArray argumentDescriptorsToParameters(Ruby runtime, ArgumentDescriptor[] argsDesc, boolean isLambda) {
        if (argsDesc == null) Thread.dumpStack();

        final RubyArray params = RubyArray.newBlankArray(runtime, argsDesc.length);

        for (int i = 0; i < argsDesc.length; i++) {
            ArgumentDescriptor param = argsDesc[i];
            params.store(i, param.toArrayForm(runtime, isLambda));
        }

        return params;
    }

    public static ArgumentDescriptor[] methodToArgumentDescriptors(DynamicMethod method) {
        method = method.getRealMethod();

        if (method instanceof MethodArgs2) {
            return parameterListToArgumentDescriptors(method.getImplementationClass().getRuntime(), ((MethodArgs2) method).getParameterList(), true);
        } else if (method instanceof IRMethodArgs) {
            return ((IRMethodArgs) method).getArgumentDescriptors();
        } else {
            return new ArgumentDescriptor[]{new ArgumentDescriptor(ArgumentType.anonrest)};
        }
    }

    public static IRubyObject methodToParameters(Ruby runtime, AbstractRubyMethod recv) {
        DynamicMethod method = recv.getMethod().getRealMethod();

        return argumentDescriptorsToParameters(runtime, methodToArgumentDescriptors(method), true);
    }

    public static IRubyObject getDefinedCall(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, IRubyObject receiver, String name, IRubyObject definedMessage) {
        RubyClass metaClass = receiver.getMetaClass();
        DynamicMethod method = metaClass.searchMethod(name);
        Visibility visibility = method.getVisibility();

        if (visibility != Visibility.PRIVATE &&
                (visibility != Visibility.PROTECTED || metaClass.getRealClass().isInstance(self)) && !method.isUndefined()) {
            return definedMessage;
        }

        if (receiver.callMethod(context, "respond_to_missing?",
            new IRubyObject[]{context.runtime.newSymbol(name), context.fals}).isTrue()) {
            return definedMessage;
        }
        return null;
    }

    public static IRubyObject invokedynamic(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, MethodNames method) {
        RubyClass metaclass = self.getMetaClass();
        String name = method.realName();
        CacheEntry entry = getMethodCached(context, metaclass, method.ordinal(), name);
        return entry.method.call(context, self, entry.sourceModule, name);
    }

    public static IRubyObject invokedynamic(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, MethodNames method, IRubyObject arg0) {
        RubyClass metaclass = self.getMetaClass();
        String name = method.realName();
        CacheEntry entry = getMethodCached(context, metaclass, method.ordinal(), name);
        return entry.method.call(context, self, entry.sourceModule, name, arg0);
    }

    private static CacheEntry getMethodCached(ThreadContext context, RubyClass metaclass, int index, String name) {
        if (metaclass.getClassIndex() == ClassIndex.NO_INDEX) return metaclass.searchWithCache(name);
        return context.runtimeCache.getMethodEntry(context, metaclass, metaclass.getClassIndex().ordinal() * (index + 1), name);
    }

    @Deprecated // not used
    public static IRubyObject lastElement(IRubyObject[] ary) {
        return ary[ary.length - 1];
    }

    @Deprecated // not used
    public static RubyString appendAsString(RubyString target, IRubyObject other) {
        return target.append(other.asString());
    }

    // . Array given to rest should pass itself
    // . Array with rest + other args should extract array
    // . Array with multiple values and NO rest should extract args if there are more than one argument

    static IRubyObject[] restructureBlockArgs(ThreadContext context,
        IRubyObject value, Signature signature, Block.Type type, boolean needsSplat) {

        if (!type.checkArity && signature == Signature.NO_ARGUMENTS) return IRubyObject.NULL_ARRAY;

        if (value == null) return IRubyObject.NULL_ARRAY;

        if (needsSplat) {
            IRubyObject ary = Helpers.aryToAry(context, value);
            if (ary instanceof RubyArray) return ((RubyArray) ary).toJavaArrayMaybeUnsafe();
        }

        return new IRubyObject[] { value };
    }

    @Deprecated // not used
    public static RubyString appendByteList(RubyString target, ByteList source) {
        target.getByteList().append(source);
        return target;
    }

    @JIT
    public static boolean BNE(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject value1, IRubyObject value2) {
        boolean eql = value2 == context.nil || value2 == UndefinedValue.UNDEFINED ?
                value1 == value2 : value1.op_equal(context, value2).isTrue();

        return !eql;
    }

    public static void irCheckArgsArrayArity(ThreadContext context, RubyArray args, int required, int opt, boolean rest) {
        int numArgs = args.size();
        if (numArgs < required || (!rest && numArgs > (required + opt))) {
            Arity.raiseArgumentError(context.runtime, numArgs, required, required + opt);
        }
    }

    @Deprecated
    public static IRubyObject invokedynamic(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, int index) {
        return invokedynamic(context, self, MethodNames.values()[index]);
    }

    @Deprecated
    public static IRubyObject invokedynamic(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, int index, IRubyObject arg0) {
        return invokedynamic(context, self, MethodNames.values()[index], arg0);
    }

    public static void throwException(final Throwable e) {
        Helpers.<RuntimeException>throwsUnchecked(e);
    }

    public static <T> T tryThrow(Callable<T> call) {
        try {
            return call.call();
        } catch (Throwable t) {
            throwException(t);
            return null; // not reached
        }
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    private static <T extends Throwable> void throwsUnchecked(final Throwable e) throws T {
        throw (T) e;
    }

    
Decode the given value to a Java string using the following rules:
 * If the string is all US-ASCII characters, it will be decoded as US-ASCII.
 * If the string is a unicode encoding, it will be decoded as such.
 * If the string is any other encoding, it will be encoded as raw bytes
  using ISO-8859-1.
This allows non-unicode, non-US-ASCII encodings to be represented in the
symbol table as their raw versions, but properly decodes unicode-
encoded strings.
Params:
value – the value to decode
Returns:
the resulting symbol string/**
     * Decode the given value to a Java string using the following rules:
     *
     * * If the string is all US-ASCII characters, it will be decoded as US-ASCII.
     * * If the string is a unicode encoding, it will be decoded as such.
     * * If the string is any other encoding, it will be encoded as raw bytes
     *   using ISO-8859-1.
     *
     * This allows non-unicode, non-US-ASCII encodings to be represented in the
     * symbol table as their raw versions, but properly decodes unicode-
     * encoded strings.
     *
     * @param value the value to decode
     * @return the resulting symbol string
     */
    public static String symbolBytesToString(ByteList value) {
        Encoding encoding = value.getEncoding();
        if (encoding == USASCIIEncoding.INSTANCE || encoding == ASCIIEncoding.INSTANCE) {
            return value.toString(); // raw
        } else if (encoding instanceof UnicodeEncoding) {
            return new String(value.getUnsafeBytes(), value.getBegin(), value.getRealSize(), EncodingUtils.charsetForEncoding(value.getEncoding()));
        } else {
            return value.toString(); // raw
        }
    }

    
Decode a given ByteList to a Java string.
Params:
runtime – the current runtime
value – the bytelist
Returns:
a Java String representation of the ByteList/**
     * Decode a given ByteList to a Java string.
     *
     * @param runtime the current runtime
     * @param value the bytelist
     * @return a Java String representation of the ByteList
     */
    public static String decodeByteList(Ruby runtime, ByteList value) {
        byte[] unsafeBytes = value.getUnsafeBytes();
        int begin = value.getBegin();
        int length = value.length();

        Encoding encoding = value.getEncoding();

        if (encoding == UTF8Encoding.INSTANCE) {
            return RubyEncoding.decodeUTF8(unsafeBytes, begin, length);
        }

        Charset charset = runtime.getEncodingService().charsetForEncoding(encoding);

        if (charset == null) {
            // No JDK Charset available for this encoding; convert to UTF-16 ourselves.
            Encoding utf16 = EncodingUtils.getUTF16ForPlatform();

            return EncodingUtils.strConvEnc(runtime.getCurrentContext(), value, value.getEncoding(), utf16).toString();
        }

        return RubyEncoding.decode(unsafeBytes, begin, length, charset);
    }

    
Convert a ByteList into a Java String by using its Encoding's Charset. If
the Charset is not available, fall back on other logic.
Params:
bytes – the bytelist to decode
Returns:
the decoded string/**
     * Convert a ByteList into a Java String by using its Encoding's Charset. If
     * the Charset is not available, fall back on other logic.
     *
     * @param bytes the bytelist to decode
     * @return the decoded string
     */
    public static String byteListToString(final ByteList bytes) {
        final Encoding encoding = bytes.getEncoding();

        if (encoding == UTF8Encoding.INSTANCE || encoding == USASCIIEncoding.INSTANCE) {
            return RubyEncoding.decodeUTF8(bytes.getUnsafeBytes(), bytes.getBegin(), bytes.getRealSize());
        }

        final Charset charset = EncodingUtils.charsetForEncoding(encoding);

        if ( charset != null ) {
            return new String(bytes.getUnsafeBytes(), bytes.getBegin(), bytes.getRealSize(), charset);
        }

        return bytes.toString();
    }

    public static IRubyObject rewriteStackTraceAndThrow(ThreadContext context, Throwable t) {
        Ruby runtime = context.runtime;

        StackTraceElement[] javaTrace = t.getStackTrace();
        BacktraceData backtraceData = runtime.getInstanceConfig().getTraceType().getIntegratedBacktrace(context, javaTrace);
        t.setStackTrace(RaiseException.javaTraceFromRubyTrace(backtraceData.getBacktrace(runtime)));
        throwException(t);
        return null; // not reached
    }

    @Deprecated // un-used
    public static void rewriteStackTrace(final Ruby runtime, final Throwable e) {
        final StackTraceElement[] javaTrace = e.getStackTrace();
        BacktraceData backtraceData = runtime.getInstanceConfig().getTraceType().getIntegratedBacktrace(runtime.getCurrentContext(), javaTrace);
        e.setStackTrace(RaiseException.javaTraceFromRubyTrace(backtraceData.getBacktrace(runtime)));
    }

    public static <T> T[] arrayOf(T... values) {
        return values;
    }

    public static <T> T[] arrayOf(Class<T> t, int size, T fill) {
        T[] ary = (T[])Array.newInstance(t, size);
        Arrays.fill(ary, fill);
        return ary;
    }

    public static int memchr(boolean[] ary, int start, int len, boolean find) {
        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
            if (ary[i + start] == find) return i + start;
        }
        return -1;
    }

    public static boolean isRequiredKeywordArgumentValueNode(Node asgnNode) {
        return asgnNode.childNodes().get(0) instanceof RequiredKeywordArgumentValueNode;
    }

    // MRI: rb_hash_start
    public static long hashStart(Ruby runtime, long value) {
        long hash = value +
                (runtime.isSiphashEnabled() ?
                        runtime.getHashSeedK1() :
                        runtime.getHashSeedK0());
        return hash;
    }

    public static long hashEnd(long value) {
        value = murmur_step(value, 10);
        value = murmur_step(value, 17);
        return value;
    }

    // MRI: rb_hash
    public static RubyFixnum safeHash(final ThreadContext context, IRubyObject obj) {
        Ruby runtime = context.runtime;
        IRubyObject hval = context.safeRecurse(sites(context).recursive_hash, runtime, obj, "hash", true);

        while (!(hval instanceof RubyFixnum)) {
            if (hval instanceof RubyBignum) {
                // This is different from MRI because we don't have rb_integer_pack
                return ((RubyBignum) hval).hash();
            }
            hval = hval.convertToInteger();
        }

        return (RubyFixnum) hval;
    }

    public static long murmurCombine(long h, long i)
    {
        long v = 0;
        h += i;
        v = murmur1(v + h);
        v = murmur1(v + (h >>> 4*8));
        return v;
    }

    public static long murmur(long h, long k, int r)
    {
        long m = MurmurHash.MURMUR2_MAGIC;
        h += k;
        h *= m;
        h ^= h >> r;
        return h;
    }

    public static long murmur_finish(long h)
    {
        h = murmur(h, 0, 10);
        h = murmur(h, 0, 17);
        return h;
    }

    public static long murmur_step(long h, long k) {
        return murmur((h), (k), 16);
    }

    public static long murmur1(long h) {
        return murmur_step(h, 16);
    }

    private static HelpersSites sites(ThreadContext context) {
        return context.sites.Helpers;
    }

    @Deprecated
    public static String encodeParameterList(List<String[]> args) {
        if (args.size() == 0) return "NONE";

        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();

        boolean added = false;
        for (String[] desc : args) {
            if (added) builder.append(';');
            builder.append(desc[0]).append(desc[1]);
            added = true;
        }

        return builder.toString();
    }

    public static byte[] subseq(byte[] ary, int start, int len) {
        byte[] newAry = new byte[len];
        System.arraycopy(ary, start, newAry, 0, len);
        return newAry;
    }

    
We have respondTo logic in RubyModule and we have a special callsite for respond_to?.
This method is just so we can share that logic.
/**
     *
     * We have respondTo logic in RubyModule and we have a special callsite for respond_to?.
     * This method is just so we can share that logic.
     */
    public static boolean respondsToMethod(DynamicMethod method, boolean checkVisibility) {
        if (method.isUndefined() || method.isNotImplemented()) return false;

        return !(checkVisibility &&
                (method.getVisibility() == PRIVATE || method.getVisibility() == PROTECTED));
    }

    public static StaticScope getStaticScope(IRScope scope) {
        return scope.getStaticScope();
    }

    
This method is deprecated because it depends on having a Ruby frame pushed for checking method visibility,
and there's no way to enforce that. Most users of this method probably don't need to check visibility.
See https://github.com/jruby/jruby/issues/4134
Deprecated:
Use finvoke if you do not want visibility-checking or invokeFrom if you do./**
     * This method is deprecated because it depends on having a Ruby frame pushed for checking method visibility,
     * and there's no way to enforce that. Most users of this method probably don't need to check visibility.
     *
     * See https://github.com/jruby/jruby/issues/4134
     *
     * @deprecated Use finvoke if you do not want visibility-checking or invokeFrom if you do.
     */
    public static IRubyObject invoke(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, String name, IRubyObject[] args, CallType callType, Block block) {
        return self.getMetaClass().invoke(context, self, name, args, callType, block);
    }

    
This method is deprecated because it depends on having a Ruby frame pushed for checking method visibility,
and there's no way to enforce that. Most users of this method probably don't need to check visibility.
See https://github.com/jruby/jruby/issues/4134
Deprecated:
Use finvoke if you do not want visibility-checking or invokeFrom if you do./**
     * This method is deprecated because it depends on having a Ruby frame pushed for checking method visibility,
     * and there's no way to enforce that. Most users of this method probably don't need to check visibility.
     *
     * See https://github.com/jruby/jruby/issues/4134
     *
     * @deprecated Use finvoke if you do not want visibility-checking or invokeFrom if you do.
     */
    public static IRubyObject invoke(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, String name, IRubyObject arg, CallType callType, Block block) {
        return self.getMetaClass().invoke(context, self, name, arg, callType, block);
    }

    
This method is deprecated because it depends on having a Ruby frame pushed for checking method visibility,
and there's no way to enforce that. Most users of this method probably don't need to check visibility.
See https://github.com/jruby/jruby/issues/4134
Deprecated:
Use finvoke if you do not want visibility-checking or invokeFrom if you do./**
     * This method is deprecated because it depends on having a Ruby frame pushed for checking method visibility,
     * and there's no way to enforce that. Most users of this method probably don't need to check visibility.
     *
     * See https://github.com/jruby/jruby/issues/4134
     *
     * @deprecated Use finvoke if you do not want visibility-checking or invokeFrom if you do.
     */
    public static IRubyObject invoke(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject self, String name, CallType callType) {
        return Helpers.invoke(context, self, name, IRubyObject.NULL_ARRAY, callType, Block.NULL_BLOCK);
    }

    @Deprecated
    public static IRubyObject invokeFrom(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject caller, IRubyObject self, String name, IRubyObject[] args, CallType callType, Block block) {
        return self.getMetaClass().invokeFrom(context, callType, caller, self, name, args, block);
    }

    @Deprecated
    public static IRubyObject invokeFrom(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject caller, IRubyObject self, String name, IRubyObject arg, CallType callType, Block block) {
        return self.getMetaClass().invokeFrom(context, callType, caller, self, name, arg, block);
    }

    @Deprecated
    public static IRubyObject invokeFrom(ThreadContext context, IRubyObject caller, IRubyObject self, String name, CallType callType) {
        return self.getMetaClass().invokeFrom(context, callType, caller, self, name, IRubyObject.NULL_ARRAY, Block.NULL_BLOCK);
    }
}