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      * Note that 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      */
  45     AnnotatedType[] getAnnotatedLowerBounds();
  46 
  47     /**
  48      * Returns the potentially annotated upper bounds of this wildcard type.
  49      * Note that if no upper bound is explicitly declared, the upper bound is
  50      * unannotated {@code Object}
  51      *
  52      * @return the potentially annotated upper bounds of this wildcard type

  53      */
  54     AnnotatedType[] getAnnotatedUpperBounds();
  55 }

  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 }