/*license*\
   XBN-Java: Copyright (C) 2014, Jeff Epstein (aliteralmind __DASH__ github __AT__ yahoo __DOT__ com)

   This software is dual-licensed under the:
   - Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 3.0 or, at your option, any later version;
   - Apache Software License (ASL) version 2.0.

   Either license may be applied at your discretion. More information may be found at
   - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-licensing.

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\*license*/
package  com.github.xbn.experimental.listify.primitiveable;
   import  com.github.xbn.array.NullContainer;
   import  com.github.xbn.experimental.listify.Listify;
   import  com.github.xbn.util.copyval.NullHandlerForPrimitives;
   import  com.github.xbn.array.helper.PrimitiveArrayHelper;
/**
   <p>Listifier whose virtual elements are primitive wrappers, such as {@code java.lang.Integer}s or {@code java.lang.Boolean}s.</p>
 **/
public interface ListifyPrimitiveable<E> extends Listify<E>  {
   /**
      <p>For obtaining initialized arrays of both the wrapper and primitive type, and basic manipulation and access of the raw object, when it is also a primitive array.</p>
    */
   @Override
   PrimitiveArrayHelper<E> getArrayHelper();
   /**
      <p>Defines how {@code null} elements should be handled when creating new primitive arrays containing the virtual elements.</p>
    */
   NullHandlerForPrimitives<E> getNullHandlerForPrimitives();
   /**
      <p>Createa new primitive array containing all virtual elements.</p>

    * @param  nnull  If the <a href="#getRawObject()">raw object</a> is {@code null}, and this parameter is<ul>
         <li>non-{@code null}: crash ({@code is_nullCntrOk} is the name of the function calling this one)</li>
         <li>{@code null}: <i><b>return</b></i> {@code null}</li>
      </ul>.
    * @see  com.github.xbn.array.IndexableUtil#crashIfContainerIsNullAndThatIsBad(com.github.xbn.array.NullContainer, boolean) CrashIfObject#crashIfContainerIsNullAndThatIsBad(nc,b)
    */
   Object getPArrayCopyOrNull(NullContainer nnull);
}