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    26 package com.sun.javadoc;

    27 

    28 

    29 /**

    30  * Represents a wildcard type argument.

    31  * Examples include:    <pre>

    32  * {@code <?>}

    33  * {@code <? extends E>}

    34  * {@code <? super T>}

    35  * </pre>

    36  * A wildcard type can have explicit <i>extends</i> bounds

    37  * or explicit <i>super</i> bounds or neither, but not both.

    38  *

    39  * @author Scott Seligman

    40  * @since 1.5

    41  *

    42  * @deprecated

    43  *   The declarations in this package have been superseded by those

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

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

    46  */

    47 @Deprecated(since="9", forRemoval=true)

    48 @SuppressWarnings("removal")

    49 public interface WildcardType extends Type {

    50 

    51     /**

    52      * Return the upper bounds of this wildcard type argument

    53      * as given by the <i>extends</i> clause.

    54      * Return an empty array if no such bounds are explicitly given.

    55      *

    56      * @return the extends bounds of this wildcard type argument

    57      */

    58     Type[] extendsBounds();

    59 

    60     /**

    61      * Return the lower bounds of this wildcard type argument

    62      * as given by the <i>super</i> clause.

    63      * Return an empty array if no such bounds are explicitly given.

    64      *

    65      * @return the super bounds of this wildcard type argument

    66      */

    67     Type[] superBounds();

    68 }