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    25 

    26 package com.sun.source.tree;

    27 

    28 /**

    29  * A tree node for a literal expression.

    30  * Use {@link #getKind getKind} to determine the kind of literal.

    31  *

    32  * For example:

    33  * <pre>

    34  *   <em>value</em>

    35  * </pre>

    36  *

    37  * @jls section 15.28

    38  *

    39  * @author Peter von der Ahé

    40  * @author Jonathan Gibbons

    41  * @since 1.6

    42  */

    43 @jdk.Exported

    44 public interface LiteralTree extends ExpressionTree {

    45     /**

    46      * Returns the value of the literal expression.

    47      * The value will be a boxed primitive value, a String, or {@code null}.

    48      * @return the value

    49      */

    50     Object getValue();

    51 }