src/share/classes/com/sun/javadoc/WildcardType.java

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1 /*
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25
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 public interface WildcardType extends Type {
43
44 /**
45 * Return the upper bounds of this wildcard type argument
46 * as given by the <i>extends</i> clause.
47 * Return an empty array if no such bounds are explicitly given.
48 *
49 * @return the extends bounds of this wildcard type argument
50 */
51 Type[] extendsBounds();
52
53 /**
54 * Return the lower bounds of this wildcard type argument
55 * as given by the <i>super</i> clause.
56 * Return an empty array if no such bounds are explicitly given.
57 *
58 * @return the super bounds of this wildcard type argument
59 */
60 Type[] superBounds();
61 }

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