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| |
| package org.apache.uima.cas_data; |
| |
| /** |
| * Represents a primitive feature value - a string, integer, or float. Arrays are represented as |
| * FeatureStructures, not as primitive values. |
| * |
| * |
| */ |
| public interface PrimitiveValue extends FeatureValue { |
| /** |
| * Gets this value as a string. |
| * |
| * @return string value |
| */ |
| public String toString(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Gets this value as an integer. |
| * |
| * @return integer value, 0 if a non-integer |
| */ |
| public int toInt(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Gets this value as a float. |
| * |
| * @return float value, 0 if a non-number. |
| */ |
| public float toFloat(); |
| |
| } |