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/**
* 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
*/
{
/**
* 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();
}