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1.4 +/*
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1.27 + */
1.28 +
1.29 +package com.sun.javadoc;
1.30 +
1.31 +
1.32 +/**
1.33 + * Represents a wildcard type argument.
1.34 + * Examples include: <pre>
1.35 + * {@code <?>}
1.36 + * {@code <? extends E>}
1.37 + * {@code <? super T>}
1.38 + * </pre>
1.39 + * A wildcard type can have explicit <i>extends</i> bounds
1.40 + * or explicit <i>super</i> bounds or neither, but not both.
1.41 + *
1.42 + * @author Scott Seligman
1.43 + * @since 1.5
1.44 + */
1.45 +public interface WildcardType extends Type {
1.46 +
1.47 + /**
1.48 + * Return the upper bounds of this wildcard type argument
1.49 + * as given by the <i>extends</i> clause.
1.50 + * Return an empty array if no such bounds are explicitly given.
1.51 + *
1.52 + * @return the extends bounds of this wildcard type argument
1.53 + */
1.54 + Type[] extendsBounds();
1.55 +
1.56 + /**
1.57 + * Return the lower bounds of this wildcard type argument
1.58 + * as given by the <i>super</i> clause.
1.59 + * Return an empty array if no such bounds are explicitly given.
1.60 + *
1.61 + * @return the super bounds of this wildcard type argument
1.62 + */
1.63 + Type[] superBounds();
1.64 +}
