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020package org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api;
021
022import jakarta.annotation.Nullable;
023
024public interface IPrimitiveType<T> extends IBaseDatatype {
025
026        String getValueAsString();
027
028        void setValueAsString(String theValue) throws IllegalArgumentException;
029
030        T getValue();
031
032        IPrimitiveType<T> setValue(T theValue) throws IllegalArgumentException;
033
034        boolean hasValue();
035
036        /**
037         * If the supplied argument is non-null, returns the results of {@link #getValue()}. If the supplied argument is null, returns null.
038         */
039        @Nullable
040        static <T> T toValueOrNull(@Nullable IPrimitiveType<T> thePrimitiveType) {
041                return thePrimitiveType != null ? thePrimitiveType.getValue() : null;
042        }
043}