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package freemarker.template;

import freemarker.core.ArithmeticEngine;

/**
 * "number" template language data type; an object that stores a number. There's only one numerical type as far as the
 * template language is concerned, but it can store its value using whatever Java number type. Making operations between
 * numbers (and so the coercion rules) is up to the {@link ArithmeticEngine}.
 * 
 * 
 * Objects of this type should be immutable, that is, calling {@link #getAsNumber()} should always return the same value
 * as for the first time.
 */
public interface TemplateNumberModel extends TemplateModel {

    /**
     * Returns the numeric value. The return value must not be {@code null}.
     *
     * @return the {@link Number} instance associated with this number model.
     */
    public Number getAsNumber() throws TemplateModelException;
    
}