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26 package javax.lang.model.type;
29 import javax.lang.model.element.Element;
30 import javax.lang.model.element.TypeParameterElement;
31 import javax.lang.model.util.Types;
34 /**
35 * Represents a type variable.
36 * A type variable may be explicitly declared by a
37 * {@linkplain TypeParameterElement type parameter} of a
38 * type, method, or constructor.
39 * A type variable may also be declared implicitly, as by
40 * the capture conversion of a wildcard type argument
41 * (see chapter 5 of
42 * <cite>The Java™ Language Specification</cite>).
43 *
44 * @author Joseph D. Darcy
45 * @author Scott Seligman
46 * @author Peter von der Ahé
47 * @see TypeParameterElement
48 * @since 1.6
49 */
50 public interface TypeVariable extends ReferenceType {
52 /**
53 * Returns the element corresponding to this type variable.
54 *
55 * @return the element corresponding to this type variable
56 */
57 Element asElement();
59 /**
60 * Returns the upper bound of this type variable.
61 *
62 * <p> If this type variable was declared with no explicit
63 * upper bounds, the result is {@code java.lang.Object}.
64 * If it was declared with multiple upper bounds,
65 * the result is an {@linkplain IntersectionType intersection type};
66 * individual bounds can be found by examining the result's
67 * {@linkplain IntersectionType#getBounds() bounds}.
68 *
69 * @return the upper bound of this type variable
70 */
71 TypeMirror getUpperBound();
73 /**
74 * Returns the lower bound of this type variable. While a type
75 * parameter cannot include an explicit lower bound declaration,
76 * capture conversion can produce a type variable with a
77 * non-trivial lower bound. Type variables otherwise have a
78 * lower bound of {@link NullType}.
79 *
80 * @return the lower bound of this type variable
81 */
82 TypeMirror getLowerBound();
83 }