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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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+ *
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+
+package java.lang.reflect;
+
+/**
+ * {@code AnnotatedWildcardType} represents the potentially annotated use of a
+ * wildcard type argument, whose upper or lower bounds may themselves represent
+ * annotated uses of types.
+ *
+ * @since 1.8
+ */
+public interface AnnotatedWildcardType extends AnnotatedType {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the potentially annotated lower bounds of this wildcard type.
+     * If no lower bound is explicitly declared, the lower bound is the
+     * type of null. In this case, a zero length array is returned.
+     *
+     * @return the potentially annotated lower bounds of this wildcard type or
+     * an empty array if no lower bound is explicitly declared.
+     * @see WildcardType#getLowerBounds()
+     */
+    AnnotatedType[] getAnnotatedLowerBounds();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the potentially annotated upper bounds of this wildcard type.
+     * If no upper bound is explicitly declared, the upper bound is
+     * unannotated {@code Object}
+     *
+     * @return the potentially annotated upper bounds of this wildcard type
+     * @see WildcardType#getUpperBounds()
+     */
+    AnnotatedType[] getAnnotatedUpperBounds();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the potentially annotated type that this type is a member of, if
+     * this type represents a nested type. For example, if this type is
+     * {@code @TA O<T>.I<S>}, return a representation of {@code @TA O<T>}.
+     *
+     * <p>Returns {@code null} for an {@code AnnotatedType} that is an instance
+     *     of {@code AnnotatedWildcardType}.
+     *
+     * @return {@code null}
+     *
+     * @since 9
+     */
+    @Override
+    AnnotatedType getAnnotatedOwnerType();
+}