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 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jdt.debug.core;

/**
 * A primitive value on a Java debug target.
 * 
 * @since 2.0
 * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
 * @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.
 */
public interface IJavaPrimitiveValue extends IJavaValue {

	/**
	 * Returns this value as a boolean.
	 * 
	 * @return this value as a boolean
	 */
	public boolean getBooleanValue();

	/**
	 * Returns this value as a byte
	 * 
	 * @return this value as a byte
	 */
	public byte getByteValue();

	/**
	 * Returns this value as a char
	 * 
	 * @return this value as a char
	 */
	public char getCharValue();

	/**
	 * Returns this value as a double
	 * 
	 * @return this value as a double
	 */
	public double getDoubleValue();

	/**
	 * Returns this value as a float
	 * 
	 * @return this value as a float
	 */
	public float getFloatValue();

	/**
	 * Returns this value as an int
	 * 
	 * @return this value as an int
	 */
	public int getIntValue();

	/**
	 * Returns this value as a long
	 * 
	 * @return this value as a long
	 */
	public long getLongValue();

	/**
	 * Returns this value as a short
	 * 
	 * @return this value as a short
	 */
	public short getShortValue();
}
