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You may obtain a copy of the License at 7f33eae7e84eb6d3b0f4e86b59605bb3de73009f3Elliott Hughes * 8adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9f33eae7e84eb6d3b0f4e86b59605bb3de73009f3Elliott Hughes * 10adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * limitations under the License. 15adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project */ 16adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project 17adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Projectpackage java.lang.reflect; 18adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project 19adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project/** 20f5597e626ecf7949d249dea08c1a2964d890ec11Jesse Wilson * This interface represents a type variables such as {@code 'T'} in {@code 211d58625189328f29c10fa98d52512ee6cf8cc641Ben Dodson * 'public interface Comparable<T>'}, the bounded {@code 'T'} in {@code 221d58625189328f29c10fa98d52512ee6cf8cc641Ben Dodson * 'public interface A<T extends Number>'} or the multiple bounded {@code 231d58625189328f29c10fa98d52512ee6cf8cc641Ben Dodson * 'T'} in {@code 'public interface B<T extends Number & Cloneable>'}. 24f5597e626ecf7949d249dea08c1a2964d890ec11Jesse Wilson * 25adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * @param <D> 26adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * the generic declaration that declares this type variable 27f5597e626ecf7949d249dea08c1a2964d890ec11Jesse Wilson * @since 1.5 28adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project */ 29adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Projectpublic interface TypeVariable<D extends GenericDeclaration> extends Type { 30adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project 31adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project /** 32adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * Returns the upper bounds of this type variable. {@code Object} is the 33adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * implicit upper bound if no other bounds are declared. 34adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * 35f5597e626ecf7949d249dea08c1a2964d890ec11Jesse Wilson * @return the upper bounds of this type variable 36f5597e626ecf7949d249dea08c1a2964d890ec11Jesse Wilson * 37adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * @throws TypeNotPresentException 38adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * if any of the bounds points to a missing type 39adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * @throws MalformedParameterizedTypeException 40adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * if any of the bounds points to a type that cannot be 41adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * instantiated for some reason 42adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project */ 43adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project Type[] getBounds(); 44adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project 45adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project /** 46adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * Returns the language construct that declares this type variable. 47adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * 48adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * @return the generic declaration 49adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project */ 50adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project D getGenericDeclaration(); 51adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project 52adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project /** 53adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * Returns the name of this type variable as it is specified in source 54adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * code. 55adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * 56adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * @return the name of this type variable 57adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project */ 58adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project String getName(); 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