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  25 
  26 package com.sun.mirror.type;
  27 
  28 
  29 /**
  30  * Represents a primitive type.  These include
  31  * <tt>boolean</tt>, <tt>byte</tt>, <tt>short</tt>, <tt>int</tt>,
  32  * <tt>long</tt>, <tt>char</tt>, <tt>float</tt>, and <tt>double</tt>.
  33  *
  34  * @author Joseph D. Darcy
  35  * @author Scott Seligman
  36  * @since 1.5
  37  */
  38 
  39 public interface PrimitiveType extends TypeMirror {
  40 
  41     /**
  42      * Returns the kind of primitive type that this object represents.
  43      *
  44      * @return the kind of primitive type that this object represents
  45      */
  46     Kind getKind();
  47 
  48     /**
  49      * An enumeration of the different kinds of primitive types.
  50      */
  51     enum Kind {
  52         /** The primitive type <tt>boolean</tt> */      BOOLEAN,
  53         /** The primitive type <tt>byte</tt> */         BYTE,
  54         /** The primitive type <tt>short</tt> */        SHORT,
  55         /** The primitive type <tt>int</tt> */          INT,
  56         /** The primitive type <tt>long</tt> */         LONG,
  57         /** The primitive type <tt>char</tt> */         CHAR,
  58         /** The primitive type <tt>float</tt> */        FLOAT,
  59         /** The primitive type <tt>double</tt> */       DOUBLE
  60     }
  61 }