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package org.netbeans.jmi.javamodel;

/**
 * PrimitiveType class proxy interface.
 * Class representing Java primitive types. Name of the primitive type is 
 * immutable and is derived from the kind attribute that determines which 
 * primitive type this object represents. The name always matches the Java 
 * keyword representing the primitive type in Java source code. Set of instances 
 * of this object is given and the instances cannot be created explicitly. 
 * One can get all instances of a primitive type using refAllOfClass or TypeClass.resolveType 
 * methods.
 *  
 * 
Note: This type should not be subclassed or implemented by 
 * clients. It is generated from a MOF metamodel and automatically implemented 
 * by MDR (see mdr.netbeans.org)
 */
public interface PrimitiveTypeClass extends javax.jmi.reflect.RefClass {
    /**
     * The default factory operation used to create an instance object.
     * @return The created instance object.
     */
    public PrimitiveType createPrimitiveType();
    /**
     * Creates an instance object having attributes initialized by the passed 
     * values.
     * @param name Name of this element.
     * @param kind Read-only attribute that determines what Java primitive type 
     * this object represents.
     * @return The created instance object.
     */
    public PrimitiveType createPrimitiveType(java.lang.String name, org.netbeans.jmi.javamodel.PrimitiveTypeKind kind);
    /**
     * Resolves a type by its name taking the current classpath into account when 
     * resolving classes.
     * @param name Name of the type to be resolved.
     * @return Resolves a type by its name taking the current classpath into account 
     * when resolving classes.
     */
    public org.netbeans.jmi.javamodel.Type resolve(java.lang.String name);
}