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	package com.sun.jdi;

	/**
	* The value assigned to a field or variable of primitive type in a
	* target VM. Each primitive values is accessed through a subinterface
	* of this interface.
	*
	* @author Robert Field
	* @author Gordon Hirsch
	* @author James McIlree
	* @since 1.3
	*/
	@jdk.Exported
	public interface PrimitiveValue extends Value {

	/**
	* Converts this value to a BooleanValue and returns the result
	* as a boolean.
	*
	* @return <code>true</code> if this value is non-zero (or
	* <code>true</code> if already a BooleanValue); false otherwise.
	*/
	boolean booleanValue();

	/**
	* Converts this value to a ByteValue and returns the result
	* as a byte. The value will be narrowed as
	* necessary, and magnitude or precision information
	* may be lost (as if the primitive had been cast to a byte).
	*
	* @return the value, converted to byte
	*/
	byte byteValue();

	/**
	* Converts this value to a CharValue and returns the result
	* as a char. The value will be narrowed or widened as
	* necessary, and magnitude or precision information
	* may be lost (as if the primitive had been cast to a char,
	* in the narrowing case).
	*
	* @return the value, converted to char
	*/
	char charValue();

	/**
	* Converts this value to a ShortValue and returns the result
	* as a short. The value will be narrowed or widened as
	* necessary, and magnitude or precision information
	* may be lost (as if the primitive had been cast to a short,
	* in the narrowing case).
	*
	* @return the value, converted to short
	*/
	short shortValue();

	/**
	* Converts this value to an IntegerValue and returns the result
	* as an int. The value will be narrowed or widened as
	* necessary, and magnitude or precision information
	* may be lost (as if the primitive had been cast to an int,
	* in the narrowing case).
	*
	* @return the value, converted to int
	*/
	int intValue();

	/**
	* Converts this value to a LongValue and returns the result
	* as a long. The value will be narrowed or widened as
	* necessary, and magnitude or precision information
	* may be lost (as if the primitive had been cast to a long,
	* in the narrowing case).
	*
	* @return the value, converted to long
	*/
	long longValue();

	/**
	* Converts this value to a FloatValue and returns the result
	* as a float. The value will be narrowed or widened as
	* necessary, and magnitude or precision information
	* may be lost (as if the primitive had been cast to a float,
	* in the narrowing case).
	*
	* @return the value, converted to float
	*/
	float floatValue();

	/**
	* Converts this value to a DoubleValue and returns the result
	* as a double. The value will be widened as
	* necessary, and precision information
	* may be lost.
	*
	* @return the value, converted to double
	*/
	double doubleValue();
	}

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