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package org.eclipse.ptp.debug.core.pdi.model.aif;

/**
 * Represents value of AIF object
 * 
 * @author clement
 * 
 */
public interface IAIFValue {
	/**
	 * Returns IAIFType of the value
	 * 
	 * @return IAIFType of the value
	 */
	public IAIFType getType();

	/**
	 * Returns a string representation of the value
	 * 
	 * @return string representation of the value
	 * @throws AIFException
	 *             on failure
	 */
	public String getValueString() throws AIFException;

	/**
	 * Returns number of values available
	 * 
	 * @return number of values available
	 * @throws AIFException
	 *             on failure
	 * @since 4.0
	 */
	public int length() throws AIFException;

	/**
	 * Returns size of this value
	 * 
	 * @return size of this value
	 */
	public int sizeof();
}