Source for java.lang.reflect.GenericDeclaration

   1: /* GenericDeclaration.java
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  39: package java.lang.reflect;
  40: 
  41: /**
  42:  * Represents an entity that declares one or more type parameters.
  43:  * This includes classes and methods (including constructors).
  44:  *
  45:  * @author Tom Tromey (tromey@redhat.com)
  46:  * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
  47:  * @since 1.5
  48:  */
  49: public interface GenericDeclaration
  50: {
  51:   /**
  52:    * Returns a <code>TypeVariable</code> object for each type variable
  53:    * declared by this entity, in order of declaration.  An empty array
  54:    * is returned if no type variables are declared.
  55:    * 
  56:    * @return an array of <code>TypeVariable</code> objects.
  57:    * @throws GenericSignatureFormatError if the signature format within the
  58:    *         class file does not conform to that specified in the 3rd edition
  59:    *         of the Java Virtual Machine Specification.
  60:    */
  61:   TypeVariable<?>[] getTypeParameters();
  62: }