PrimitiveValue (Java Debug Interface )
Keywords: com.sun.jdi.PrimitiveValue interface
Date: 2026-04-24

com.sun.jdi

## Interface PrimitiveValue

- All Superinterfaces:
    Mirror, Value
  All Known Subinterfaces:
    BooleanValue, ByteValue, CharValue, DoubleValue, FloatValue, IntegerValue, LongValue, ShortValue

      @Exported
      public interface PrimitiveValue
      extends Value

  The value assigned to a field or variable of primitive type in a target VM. Each primitive values is accessed through a subinterface of this interface.
  Since:
    1.3

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `boolean` | `booleanValue()` Converts this value to a BooleanValue and returns the result as a boolean.
    `byte` | `byteValue()` Converts this value to a ByteValue and returns the result as a byte.
    `char` | `charValue()` Converts this value to a CharValue and returns the result as a char.
    `double` | `doubleValue()` Converts this value to a DoubleValue and returns the result as a double.
    `float` | `floatValue()` Converts this value to a FloatValue and returns the result as a float.
    `int` | `intValue()` Converts this value to an IntegerValue and returns the result as an int.
    `long` | `longValue()` Converts this value to a LongValue and returns the result as a long.
    `short` | `shortValue()` Converts this value to a ShortValue and returns the result as a short.

    - ### Methods inherited from interface com.sun.jdi.Value

      `type`

    - ### Methods inherited from interface com.sun.jdi.Mirror

      `toString, virtualMachine`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### booleanValue

          boolean booleanValue()

      Converts this value to a BooleanValue and returns the result as a boolean.
      Returns:
        `true` if this value is non-zero (or `true` if already a BooleanValue); false otherwise.

    - #### byteValue

          byte byteValue()

      Converts this value to a ByteValue and returns the result as a byte. The value will be narrowed as necessary, and magnitude or precision information may be lost (as if the primitive had been cast to a byte).
      Returns:
        the value, converted to byte

    - #### charValue

          char charValue()

      Converts this value to a CharValue and returns the result as a char. The value will be narrowed or widened as necessary, and magnitude or precision information may be lost (as if the primitive had been cast to a char, in the narrowing case).
      Returns:
        the value, converted to char

    - #### shortValue

          short shortValue()

      Converts this value to a ShortValue and returns the result as a short. The value will be narrowed or widened as necessary, and magnitude or precision information may be lost (as if the primitive had been cast to a short, in the narrowing case).
      Returns:
        the value, converted to short

    - #### intValue

          int intValue()

      Converts this value to an IntegerValue and returns the result as an int. The value will be narrowed or widened as necessary, and magnitude or precision information may be lost (as if the primitive had been cast to an int, in the narrowing case).
      Returns:
        the value, converted to int

    - #### longValue

          long longValue()

      Converts this value to a LongValue and returns the result as a long. The value will be narrowed or widened as necessary, and magnitude or precision information may be lost (as if the primitive had been cast to a long, in the narrowing case).
      Returns:
        the value, converted to long

    - #### floatValue

          float floatValue()

      Converts this value to a FloatValue and returns the result as a float. The value will be narrowed or widened as necessary, and magnitude or precision information may be lost (as if the primitive had been cast to a float, in the narrowing case).
      Returns:
        the value, converted to float

    - #### doubleValue

          double doubleValue()

      Converts this value to a DoubleValue and returns the result as a double. The value will be widened as necessary, and precision information may be lost.
      Returns:
        the value, converted to double

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