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package org.jf.dexlib2.iface.value;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;

/**
 * This class represents an encoded boolean value.
 */
public interface BooleanEncodedValue extends EncodedValue {
    /**
     * Gets the boolean value.
     *
     * @return the boolean value
     */
    boolean getValue();

    /**
     * Returns a hashcode for this EncodedBooleanValue.
     *
     * This hashCode is defined to be the following:
     *
     * <pre>
     * {@code
     * int hashCode = getValue()?1:0;
     * }</pre>
     *
     * @return The hash code value for this EncodedBooleanValue
     */
    @Override int hashCode();

    /**
     * Compares this BooleanEncodedValue to another BooleanEncodedValue for equality.
     *
     * This BooleanEncodedValue is equal to another BooleanEncodedValue if the values returned by getValue() are equal.
     *
     * @param o The object to be compared for equality with this BooleanEncodedValue
     * @return true if the specified object is equal to this BooleanEncodedValue
     */
    @Override boolean equals(@Nullable Object o);

    /**
     * Compare this BooleanEncodedValue to another EncodedValue.
     *
     * The comparison is first done on the return values of getValueType(). If the other value is another
     * BooleanEncodedValue, the return values of getValue() are compared, based on the semantics of
     * Boolean.compareTo().
     *
     * @param o The EncodedValue to compare with this BooleanEncodedValue
     * @return An integer representing the result of the comparison
     */
    @Override int compareTo(@Nonnull EncodedValue o);
}