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package jdk.internal.vm.compiler.word;

The root of the interface hierarchy for machine-word-sized values.
Since:
1.0/**
 * The root of the interface hierarchy for machine-word-sized values.
 *
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface WordBase {

    
Conversion to a Java primitive value.
Since:
1.0/**
     * Conversion to a Java primitive value.
     *
     * @since 1.0
     */
    long rawValue();

    
This is deprecated because of the easy to mistype name collision between equals and the other word based equality routines. In general you should never be statically calling this method anyway. 
Since:
1.0/**
     * This is deprecated because of the easy to mistype name collision between {@link #equals} and
     * the other word based equality routines. In general you should never be statically calling
     * this method anyway.
     *
     * @since 1.0
     */
    @Override
    @Deprecated
    boolean equals(Object o);
}