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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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+ *
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+ */
+
+package com.sun.jdi;
+
+/**
+ * The mirror for a value in the target VM.
+ * This interface is the root of a
+ * value hierarchy encompassing primitive values and object values.
+ * <P>
+ * Some examples of where values may be accessed:
+ * <BLOCKQUOTE><TABLE SUMMARY="layout">
+ * <TR>
+ * <TD>{@link ObjectReference#getValue(com.sun.jdi.Field)
+ * ObjectReference.getValue(Field)}
+ * <TD>- value of a field
+ * <TR>
+ * <TD>{@link StackFrame#getValue(com.sun.jdi.LocalVariable)
+ * StackFrame.getValue(LocalVariable)}
+ * <TD>- value of a variable
+ * <TR>
+ * <TD>{@link VirtualMachine#mirrorOf(double)
+ * VirtualMachine.mirrorOf(double)}
+ * <TD>- created in the target VM by the JDI client
+ * <TR>
+ * <TD>{@link com.sun.jdi.event.ModificationWatchpointEvent#valueToBe()
+ * ModificationWatchpointEvent.valueToBe()}
+ * <TD>- returned with an event
+ * </TABLE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+ * <P>
+ * The following table illustrates which subinterfaces of Value
+ * are used to mirror values in the target VM --
+ * <TABLE BORDER=1 SUMMARY="Maps each kind of value to a mirrored
+ * instance of a subinterface of Value">
+ * <TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF">
+ * <TH id="primval" colspan=4>Subinterfaces of {@link PrimitiveValue}</TH>
+ * <TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF">
+ * <TH id="kind" align="left">Kind of value</TH>
+ * <TH id="example" align="left">For example -<br>expression in target</TH>
+ * <TH id="mirrored" align="left">Is mirrored as an<br>instance of</TH>
+ * <TH id="type" align="left">{@link Type} of value<br>{@link #type() Value.type()}</TH>
+ * <TR>
+ * <TD headers="primval kind"> a boolean</TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval example"> <CODE>true</CODE></TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval mirrored"> {@link BooleanValue}</TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval type"> {@link BooleanType}</TD>
+ * <TR>
+ * <TD headers="primval kind"> a byte</TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval example"> <CODE>(byte)4</CODE></TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval mirrored"> {@link ByteValue}</TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval type"> {@link ByteType}</TD>
+ * <TR>
+ * <TD headers="primval kind"> a char</TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval example"> <CODE>'a'</CODE></TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval mirrored"> {@link CharValue}</TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval type"> {@link CharType}</TD>
+ * <TR>
+ * <TD headers="primval kind"> a double</TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval example"> <CODE>3.1415926</CODE></TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval mirrored"> {@link DoubleValue}</TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval type"> {@link DoubleType}</TD>
+ * <TR>
+ * <TD headers="primval kind"> a float</TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval example"> <CODE>2.5f</CODE></TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval mirrored"> {@link FloatValue}</TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval type"> {@link FloatType}</TD>
+ * <TR>
+ * <TD headers="primval kind"> an int</TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval example"> <CODE>22</CODE></TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval mirrored"> {@link IntegerValue}</TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval type"> {@link IntegerType}</TD>
+ * <TR>
+ * <TD headers="primval kind"> a long</TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval example"> <CODE>1024L</CODE></TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval mirrored"> {@link LongValue}</TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval type"> {@link LongType}</TD>
+ * <TR>
+ * <TD headers="primval kind"> a short</TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval example"> <CODE>(short)12</CODE></TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval mirrored"> {@link ShortValue}</TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval type"> {@link ShortType}</TD>
+ * <TR>
+ * <TD headers="primval kind"> a void</TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval example"> <CODE> </CODE></TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval mirrored"> {@link VoidValue}</TD>
+ * <TD headers="primval type"> {@link VoidType}</TD>
+ * <TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF">
+ * <TH id="objref" colspan=4>Subinterfaces of {@link ObjectReference}</TH>
+ * <TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF">
+ * <TH id="kind2" align="left">Kind of value</TH>
+ * <TH id="example2" align="left">For example -<br>expression in target</TH>
+ * <TH id="mirrored2" align="left">Is mirrored as an<br>instance of</TH>
+ * <TH id="type2" align="left">{@link Type} of value<br>{@link #type() Value.type()}</TH>
+ * <TR>
+ * <TD headers="objref kind2"> a class instance</TD>
+ * <TD headers="objref example2"> <CODE>this</CODE></TD>
+ * <TD headers="objref mirrored2"> {@link ObjectReference}</TD>
+ * <TD headers="objref type2"> {@link ClassType}</TD>
+ * <TR>
+ * <TD headers="objref kind2"> an array</TD>
+ * <TD headers="objref example2"> <CODE>new int[5]</CODE></TD>
+ * <TD headers="objref mirrored2"> {@link ArrayReference}</TD>
+ * <TD headers="objref type2"> {@link ArrayType}</TD>
+ * <TR>
+ * <TD headers="objref kind2"> a string</TD>
+ * <TD headers="objref example2"> <CODE>"hello"</CODE></TD>
+ * <TD headers="objref mirrored2"> {@link StringReference}</TD>
+ * <TD headers="objref type2"> {@link ClassType}</TD>
+ * <TR>
+ * <TD headers="objref kind2"> a thread</TD>
+ * <TD headers="objref example2"> <CODE>Thread.currentThread()</CODE></TD>
+ * <TD headers="objref mirrored2"> {@link ThreadReference}</TD>
+ * <TD headers="objref type2"> {@link ClassType}</TD>
+ * <TR>
+ * <TD headers="objref kind2"> a thread group</TD>
+ * <TD headers="objref example2"> <CODE>Thread.currentThread()<br> .getThreadGroup()</CODE></TD>
+ * <TD headers="objref mirrored2"> {@link ThreadGroupReference}</TD>
+ * <TD headers="objref type2"> {@link ClassType}</TD>
+ * <TR>
+ * <TD headers="objref kind2"> a <CODE>java.lang.Class</CODE><br>instance</TD>
+ * <TD headers="objref example2"> <CODE>this.getClass()</CODE></TD>
+ * <TD headers="objref mirrored2"> {@link ClassObjectReference}</TD>
+ * <TD headers="objref type2"> {@link ClassType}</TD>
+ * <TR>
+ * <TD headers="objref kind2"> a class loader</TD>
+ * <TD headers="objref example2"> <CODE>this.getClass()<br> .getClassLoader() </CODE></TD>
+ * <TD headers="objref mirrored2"> {@link ClassLoaderReference}</TD>
+ * <TD headers="objref type2"> {@link ClassType}</TD>
+ * <TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF">
+ * <TH id="other" colspan=4>Other</TH>
+ * <TR BGCOLOR="#EEEEFF">
+ * <TH id="kind3" align="left">Kind of value</TD>
+ * <TH id="example3" align="left">For example -<br>expression in target</TD>
+ * <TH id="mirrored3" align="left">Is mirrored as</TD>
+ * <TH id="type3" align="left">{@link Type} of value</TD>
+ * <TR>
+ * <TD headers="other kind3"> null</TD>
+ * <TD headers="other example3"> <CODE>null</CODE></TD>
+ * <TD headers="other mirrored3"> <CODE>null</CODE></TD>
+ * <TD headers="other type3"> n/a</TD>
+ * </TABLE>
+ *
+ * @author Robert Field
+ * @author Gordon Hirsch
+ * @author James McIlree
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+
+@jdk.Exported
+public interface Value extends Mirror {
+ /**
+ * Returns the run-time type of this value.
+ *
+ * @see Type
+ * @return a {@link Type} which mirrors the value's type in the
+ * target VM.
+ */
+ Type type();
+}