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package com.sun.jdi;

Provides access to a primitive double value in
the target VM.
Author:
Robert Field, Gordon Hirsch, James McIlree
Since:
 1.3/**
 * Provides access to a primitive <code>double</code> value in
 * the target VM.
 *
 * @author Robert Field
 * @author Gordon Hirsch
 * @author James McIlree
 * @since  1.3
 */
public interface DoubleValue extends PrimitiveValue, Comparable<DoubleValue>
{
    
Returns this DoubleValue as a double.
Returns:
the double mirrored by this object./**
     * Returns this DoubleValue as a <code>double</code>.
     *
     * @return the <code>double</code> mirrored by this object.
     */
    double value();

    
Compares the specified Object with this DoubleValue for equality.
Returns:
true if the Object is a DoubleValue and if applying "=="
to the two mirrored primitives would evaluate to true; false
otherwise./**
     * Compares the specified Object with this DoubleValue for equality.
     *
     * @return true if the Object is a DoubleValue 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 DoubleValue.
Returns:
the integer hash code/**
     * Returns the hash code value for this DoubleValue.
     *
     * @return the integer hash code
     */
    int hashCode();
}