langtools/src/share/classes/com/sun/javadoc/TypeVariable.java
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8006775: JSR 308: Compiler changes in JDK8 Reviewed-by: jjg Contributed-by: mernst@cs.washington.edu, wmdietl@cs.washington.edu, mpapi@csail.mit.edu, mahmood@notnoop.com
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/*
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 * Copyright (c) 2003, 2013, 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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 * accompanied this code).
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 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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 * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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 */
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package com.sun.javadoc;
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/**
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 * Represents a type variable.
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 * For example, the generic interface {@code List<E>} has a single
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 * type variable {@code E}.
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 * A type variable may have explicit bounds, as in
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 * {@code C<R extends Remote>}.
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 *
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 * @author Scott Seligman
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 * @since 1.5
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 */
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public interface TypeVariable extends Type {
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    /**
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     * Return the bounds of this type variable.
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     * These are the types given by the <i>extends</i> clause.
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     * Return an empty array if there are no explicit bounds.
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     *
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     * @return the bounds of this type variable.
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     */
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    Type[] bounds();
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    /**
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     * Return the class, interface, method, or constructor within
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     * which this type variable is declared.
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     *
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     * @return the class, interface, method, or constructor within
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     *         which this type variable is declared.
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     */
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    ProgramElementDoc owner();
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    /**
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     * Get the annotations of this program element.
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     * Return an empty array if there are none.
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     */
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    public AnnotationDesc[] annotations();
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}