src/share/classes/javax/lang/model/type/TypeVariable.java

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:35:43 -0700

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jjh
date
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:35:43 -0700
changeset 972
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parent 554
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child 2200
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7032975: API files in javax.annotation.processing need to be updated for references to JLS
7032972: API files in javax.tools need to updated for references to JVM Spec with editions/hyperlinks
7032978: API files in javax.tools need to be updated for references to JLS with editions/hyperlinks
Summary: Removed URLs and 'edition' references
Reviewed-by: jjg, darcy

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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&trade; Language Specification</cite>).
    43  *
    44  * @author Joseph D. Darcy
    45  * @author Scott Seligman
    46  * @author Peter von der Ah&eacute;
    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 intersection type (modeled as a
    66      * {@link DeclaredType}).
    67      * Individual bounds can be found by examining the result's
    68      * {@linkplain Types#directSupertypes(TypeMirror) supertypes}.
    69      *
    70      * @return the upper bound of this type variable
    71      */
    72     TypeMirror getUpperBound();
    74     /**
    75      * Returns the lower bound of this type variable.  While a type
    76      * parameter cannot include an explicit lower bound declaration,
    77      * capture conversion can produce a type variable with a
    78      * non-trivial lower bound.  Type variables otherwise have a
    79      * lower bound of {@link NullType}.
    80      *
    81      * @return the lower bound of this type variable
    82      */
    83     TypeMirror getLowerBound();
    84 }

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