TypeVariable.java revision adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617da
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18adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project 19adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project/** 20adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * This interface represents a type variables such as {@code 'T'} in {@code 21adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * 'public interface Comparable<T>'}, the bounded {@code 'T'} in {@code 22adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * 'public interface A<T extends Number>'} or the multiple bounded {@code 23adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * 'T'} in {@code 'public interface B<T extends Number & Cloneable>'}. 24adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * 25adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * @param <D> 26adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * the generic declaration that declares this type variable 27adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * 28adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * @since Android 1.0 29adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project */ 30adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Projectpublic interface TypeVariable<D extends GenericDeclaration> extends Type { 31adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project 32adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project /** 33adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * Returns the upper bounds of this type variable. {@code Object} is the 34adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * implicit upper bound if no other bounds are declared. 35adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * 36adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * @return the upper bounds of this type variable 37adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * 38adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * @throws TypeNotPresentException 39adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * if any of the bounds points to a missing type 40adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * @throws MalformedParameterizedTypeException 41adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * if any of the bounds points to a type that cannot be 42adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * instantiated for some reason 43adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * 44adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * @since Android 1.0 45adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project */ 46adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project Type[] getBounds(); 47adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project 48adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project /** 49adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * Returns the language construct that declares this type variable. 50adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * 51adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * @return the generic declaration 52adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * 53adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * @since Android 1.0 54adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project */ 55adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project D getGenericDeclaration(); 56adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project 57adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project /** 58adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * Returns the name of this type variable as it is specified in source 59adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * code. 60adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * 61adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * @return the name of this type variable 62adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * 63adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project * @since Android 1.0 64adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project */ 65adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project String getName(); 66adc854b798c1cfe3bfd4c27d68d5cee38ca617daThe Android Open Source Project} 67