1 /* 2 * Copyright (c) 2012, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 3 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 4 * 5 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 6 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as 7 * published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this 8 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided 9 * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. 10 * 11 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT 12 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or 13 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License 14 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that 15 * accompanied this code). 16 * 17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version 18 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 19 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. 20 * 21 * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA 22 * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any 23 * questions. 24 */ 25 26 package java.lang.reflect; 27 28 /** 29 * {@code AnnotatedWildcardType} represents the potentially annotated use of a 30 * wildcard type argument, whose upper or lower bounds may themselves represent 31 * annotated uses of types. 32 * 33 * @since 1.8 34 */ 35 public interface AnnotatedWildcardType extends AnnotatedType { 36 37 /** 38 * Returns the potentially annotated lower bounds of this wildcard type. 39 * If no lower bound is explicitly declared, the lower bound is the 40 * type of null. In this case, a zero length array is returned. 41 * 42 * @return the potentially annotated lower bounds of this wildcard type or 43 * an empty array if no lower bound is explicitly declared. 44 * @see WildcardType#getLowerBounds() 45 */ 46 AnnotatedType[] getAnnotatedLowerBounds(); 47 48 /** 49 * Returns the potentially annotated upper bounds of this wildcard type. 50 * If no upper bound is explicitly declared, the upper bound is 51 * unannotated {@code Object} 52 * 53 * @return the potentially annotated upper bounds of this wildcard type 54 * @see WildcardType#getUpperBounds() 55 */ 56 AnnotatedType[] getAnnotatedUpperBounds(); 57 }