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aoqi@0: 
aoqi@0: package javax.lang.model.type;
aoqi@0: 
aoqi@0: 
aoqi@0: import java.util.List;
aoqi@0: 
aoqi@0: import javax.lang.model.element.Element;
aoqi@0: import javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement;
aoqi@0: import javax.lang.model.util.Types;
aoqi@0: 
aoqi@0: 
aoqi@0: /**
aoqi@0:  * Represents a declared type, either a class type or an interface type.
aoqi@0:  * This includes parameterized types such as {@code java.util.Set<String>}
aoqi@0:  * as well as raw types.
aoqi@0:  *
aoqi@0:  * <p> While a {@code TypeElement} represents a class or interface
aoqi@0:  * <i>element</i>, a {@code DeclaredType} represents a class
aoqi@0:  * or interface <i>type</i>, the latter being a use
aoqi@0:  * (or <i>invocation</i>) of the former.
aoqi@0:  * See {@link TypeElement} for more on this distinction.
aoqi@0:  *
aoqi@0:  * <p> The supertypes (both class and interface types) of a declared
aoqi@0:  * type may be found using the {@link
aoqi@0:  * Types#directSupertypes(TypeMirror)} method.  This returns the
aoqi@0:  * supertypes with any type arguments substituted in.
aoqi@0:  *
aoqi@0:  * @author Joseph D. Darcy
aoqi@0:  * @author Scott Seligman
aoqi@0:  * @author Peter von der Ah&eacute;
aoqi@0:  * @see TypeElement
aoqi@0:  * @since 1.6
aoqi@0:  */
aoqi@0: public interface DeclaredType extends ReferenceType {
aoqi@0: 
aoqi@0:     /**
aoqi@0:      * Returns the element corresponding to this type.
aoqi@0:      *
aoqi@0:      * @return the element corresponding to this type
aoqi@0:      */
aoqi@0:     Element asElement();
aoqi@0: 
aoqi@0:     /**
aoqi@0:      * Returns the type of the innermost enclosing instance or a
aoqi@0:      * {@code NoType} of kind {@code NONE} if there is no enclosing
aoqi@0:      * instance.  Only types corresponding to inner classes have an
aoqi@0:      * enclosing instance.
aoqi@0:      *
aoqi@0:      * @return a type mirror for the enclosing type
aoqi@0:      * @jls 8.1.3 Inner Classes and Enclosing Instances
aoqi@0:      * @jls 15.9.2 Determining Enclosing Instances
aoqi@0:      */
aoqi@0:     TypeMirror getEnclosingType();
aoqi@0: 
aoqi@0:     /**
aoqi@0:      * Returns the actual type arguments of this type.
aoqi@0:      * For a type nested within a parameterized type
aoqi@0:      * (such as {@code Outer<String>.Inner<Number>}), only the type
aoqi@0:      * arguments of the innermost type are included.
aoqi@0:      *
aoqi@0:      * @return the actual type arguments of this type, or an empty list
aoqi@0:      *           if none
aoqi@0:      */
aoqi@0:     List<? extends TypeMirror> getTypeArguments();
aoqi@0: }