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package com.sun.jdi;

/**

 * Provides access to a primitive <code>byte</code> value in the target VM.

 *

 * @author Robert Field

 * @author Gordon Hirsch

 * @author James McIlree

 * @since  1.3

 */

public interface ByteValue extends PrimitiveValue, Comparable<ByteValue>

{

    /**

     * Returns this ByteValue as a <code>byte</code>.

     *

     * @return the <code>byte</code> mirrored by this object.

     */

    byte value();

    /**

     * Compares the specified Object with this ByteValue for equality.

     *

     * @return true if the Object is a ByteValue and if applying "=="

     * to the two mirrored primitives would evaluate to true; false

     * otherwise.

     */

    boolean equals(Object obj);

    /**

     * Returns the hash code value for this BooleanValue.

     *

     * @return the integer hash code

     */

    int hashCode();

}