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package org.gradle.nativeplatform.platform;

import org.gradle.api.Incubating;
import org.gradle.api.Named;
import org.gradle.internal.HasInternalProtocol;

/**
 * A cpu architecture.
 *
 * <table>
 *     <tr>
 *         <th>Instruction Set</th>
 *         <th>32-bit names</th>
 *         <th>64-bit names</th>
 *     </tr>
 *     <tr>
 *         <td>Intel x86</td>
 *         <td>"x86", "i386", "ia-32", "i686"</td>
 *         <td>"x86_64", "amd64", "x64", "x86-64"</td>
 *     </tr>
 *     <tr>
 *         <td>Intel Itanium</td>
 *         <td>N/A</td>
 *         <td>"ia-64", "ia64"</td>
 *     </tr>
 *     <tr>
 *         <td>Power PC</td>
 *         <td>"ppc"</td>
 *         <td>"ppc64"</td>
 *     </tr>
 *     <tr>
 *         <td>Sparc</td>
 *         <td>"sparc", "sparc32", "sparc-v8"</td>
 *         <td>"sparc64", "ultrasparc", "sparc-v9"</td>
 *     </tr>
 *     <tr>
 *         <td>ARM</td>
 *         <td>"arm", "arm-v7", "armv7", "arm32"</td>
 *         <td>"arm64", "arm-v8"</td>
 *     </tr>
 * </table>
 */
@Incubating
@HasInternalProtocol
public interface Architecture extends Named {
    /**
     * Returns a human-consumable display name for this architecture.
     */
    String getDisplayName();
}
