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/* |
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* Copyright (c) 2003, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
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* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. |
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* |
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* This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it |
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* under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as |
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* published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this |
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* particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided |
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* by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. |
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* This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT |
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* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or |
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* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License |
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* version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that |
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* accompanied this code). |
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* |
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version |
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* 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, |
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* Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. |
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* |
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* Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA |
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* or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any |
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* questions. |
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*/ |
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package java.lang.reflect; |
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/** |
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* WildcardType represents a wildcard type expression, such as |
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* {@code ?}, {@code ? extends Number}, or {@code ? super Integer}. |
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* |
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* @since 1.5 |
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*/ |
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public interface WildcardType extends Type { |
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/** |
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* Returns an array of {@code Type} objects representing the upper |
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* bound(s) of this type variable. If no upper bound is |
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* explicitly declared, the upper bound is {@code Object}. |
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* |
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* <p>For each upper bound B : |
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* <ul> |
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* <li>if B is a parameterized type or a type variable, it is created, |
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* (see {@link java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType ParameterizedType} |
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* for the details of the creation process for parameterized types). |
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* <li>Otherwise, B is resolved. |
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* </ul> |
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* |
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* @return an array of Types representing the upper bound(s) of this |
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* type variable |
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* @throws TypeNotPresentException if any of the |
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* bounds refers to a non-existent type declaration |
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* @throws MalformedParameterizedTypeException if any of the |
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* bounds refer to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated |
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* for any reason |
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*/ |
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Type[] getUpperBounds(); |
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* Returns an array of {@code Type} objects representing the |
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* lower bound(s) of this type variable. If no lower bound is |
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* explicitly declared, the lower bound is the type of {@code null}. |
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* In this case, a zero length array is returned. |
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* |
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* <p>For each lower bound B : |
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* <ul> |
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* <li>if B is a parameterized type or a type variable, it is created, |
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* (see {@link java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType ParameterizedType} |
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* for the details of the creation process for parameterized types). |
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* <li>Otherwise, B is resolved. |
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* </ul> |
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* |
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* @return an array of Types representing the lower bound(s) of this |
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* type variable |
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* @throws TypeNotPresentException if any of the |
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* bounds refers to a non-existent type declaration |
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* @throws MalformedParameterizedTypeException if any of the |
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* bounds refer to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated |
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* for any reason |
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*/ |
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Type[] getLowerBounds(); |
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// one or many? Up to language spec; currently only one, but this API |
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// allows for generalization. |
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} |