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package java.lang.reflect;

/**

 * A common interface for all entities that declare type variables.

 *

 * @since 1.5

 */

public interface GenericDeclaration extends AnnotatedElement {

    /**

     * Returns an array of {@code TypeVariable} objects that

     * represent the type variables declared by the generic

     * declaration represented by this {@code GenericDeclaration}

     * object, in declaration order.  Returns an array of length 0 if

     * the underlying generic declaration declares no type variables.

     *

     * @return an array of {@code TypeVariable} objects that represent

     *     the type variables declared by this generic declaration

     * @throws GenericSignatureFormatError if the generic

     *     signature of this generic declaration does not conform to

     *     the format specified in

     *     <cite>The Java&trade; Virtual Machine Specification</cite>

     */

    public TypeVariable<?>[] getTypeParameters();

}