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package com.sun.javadoc;

/**

 * Represents a type variable.

 * For example, the generic interface {@code List<E>} has a single

 * type variable {@code E}.

 * A type variable may have explicit bounds, as in

 * {@code C<R extends Remote>}.

 *

 * @author Scott Seligman

 * @since 1.5

 *

 * @deprecated

 *   The declarations in this package have been superseded by those

 *   in the package {@code jdk.javadoc.doclet}.

 *   For more information, see the <i>Migration Guide</i> in the documentation for that package.

 */

public interface TypeVariable extends Type {

    /**

     * Return the bounds of this type variable.

     * These are the types given by the <i>extends</i> clause.

     * Return an empty array if there are no explicit bounds.

     *

     * @return the bounds of this type variable.

     */

    Type[] bounds();

    /**

     * Return the class, interface, method, or constructor within

     * which this type variable is declared.

     *

     * @return the class, interface, method, or constructor within

     *         which this type variable is declared.

     */

    ProgramElementDoc owner();

    /**

     * Get the annotations of this program element.

     * Return an empty array if there are none.

     *

     * @return the annotations of this program element or

     *         an empty array if there are none.

     */

    public AnnotationDesc[] annotations();

}