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  25 
  26 package com.sun.mirror.declaration;
  27 
  28 
  29 import java.util.Collection;
  30 
  31 import com.sun.mirror.type.*;
  32 
  33 
  34 /**
  35  * Represents a formal type parameter of a generic type, method,
  36  * or constructor declaration.
  37  * A type parameter declares a {@link TypeVariable}.
  38  *
  39  * @deprecated All components of this API have been superseded by the
  40  * standardized annotation processing API.  The replacement for the
  41  * functionality of this interface is {@link
  42  * javax.lang.model.element.TypeParameterElement}.
  43  *
  44  * @author Joseph D. Darcy
  45  * @author Scott Seligman
  46  * @since 1.5
  47  */
  48 @Deprecated
  49 @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
  50 public interface TypeParameterDeclaration extends Declaration {
  51 
  52     /**
  53      * Returns the bounds of this type parameter.
  54      * These are the types given by the <i>extends</i> clause.
  55      * If there is no explicit <i>extends</i> clause, then
  56      * <tt>java.lang.Object</tt> is considered to be the sole bound.
  57      *
  58      * @return the bounds of this type parameter
  59      */
  60     Collection<ReferenceType> getBounds();
  61 
  62     /**
  63      * Returns the type, method, or constructor declaration within which
  64      * this type parameter is declared.
  65      *
  66      * @return the declaration within which this type parameter is declared
  67      */
  68     Declaration getOwner();
  69 }