# Interface PrimitiveType

All Superinterfaces:
  `Mirror, Type`

All Known Subinterfaces:
  `BooleanType, ByteType, CharType, DoubleType, FloatType, IntegerType, LongType, ShortType`

public interface PrimitiveType extends Type
The type associated with non-object values in a target VM. Instances of one of the sub-interfaces of this interface will be returned from `Value.type()` for all `PrimitiveValue` objects.

Since:
  1.3
See Also:
  - `PrimitiveValue`

- ## Method Summary

  ### Methods declared in interface Mirror

  `toString, virtualMachine`
  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `String`
  `toString()`
  Returns a String describing this mirror
  `VirtualMachine`
  `virtualMachine()`
  Gets the VirtualMachine to which this Mirror belongs.

  ### Methods declared in interface Type

  `name, signature`
  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `String`
  `name()`
  Returns the name of this type.
  `String`
  `signature()`
  Returns the type signature for this type.