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

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     1 /*
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    26 package com.sun.javadoc;
    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 {
    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();
    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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