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package org.lwjgl;

/**
 *
 * System class platform specific method interface
 *
 * @author cix_foo <cix_foo@users.sourceforge.net>
 * @author elias_naur <elias_naur@users.sourceforge.net>
 * @version $Revision$
 * $Id$
 */
interface SysImplementation {
	/**
	 * Return the required version of the native library
	 */
	int getRequiredJNIVersion();

	/**
	 * Return the version of the native library
	 */
	int getJNIVersion();

	/**
	 * Returns the platform's pointer size in bytes
	 */
	int getPointerSize();

	void setDebug(boolean debug);

	/**
	 * Obtains the number of ticks that the hires timer does in a second.
	 *
	 * @return timer resolution in ticks per second or 0 if no timer is present.
	 */
	long getTimerResolution();

	long getTime();

	void alert(String title, String message);

	boolean openURL(String url);

	String getClipboard();

	/**
	 * Returns true there exists a separate 64 bit library
	 * on the platform
	 */
	boolean has64Bit();
}