205      * the executable represented by this object.
 206      */
 207     public abstract int getModifiers();
 208 
 209     /**
 210      * Returns an array of {@code TypeVariable} objects that represent the
 211      * type variables declared by the generic declaration represented by this
 212      * {@code GenericDeclaration} object, in declaration order.  Returns an
 213      * array of length 0 if the underlying generic declaration declares no type
 214      * variables.
 215      *
 216      * @return an array of {@code TypeVariable} objects that represent
 217      *     the type variables declared by this generic declaration
 218      * @throws GenericSignatureFormatError if the generic
 219      *     signature of this generic declaration does not conform to
 220      *     the format specified in
 221      *     <cite>The Java&trade; Virtual Machine Specification</cite>
 222      */
 223     public abstract TypeVariable<?>[] getTypeParameters();
 224 
 225     // returns shared array of parameter types - must never give it out
 226     // to the untrusted code...
 227     abstract Class<?>[] getSharedParameterTypes();
 228 
 229     /**
 230      * Returns an array of {@code Class} objects that represent the formal
 231      * parameter types, in declaration order, of the executable
 232      * represented by this object.  Returns an array of length
 233      * 0 if the underlying executable takes no parameters.
 234      *
 235      * @return the parameter types for the executable this object
 236      * represents
 237      */
 238     public abstract Class<?>[] getParameterTypes();
 239 
 240     /**
 241      * Returns the number of formal parameters (whether explicitly
 242      * declared or implicitly declared or neither) for the executable
 243      * represented by this object.
 244      *
 245      * @return The number of formal parameters for the executable this
 246      * object represents
 247      */
 248     public int getParameterCount() {

 205      * the executable represented by this object.
 206      */
 207     public abstract int getModifiers();
 208 
 209     /**
 210      * Returns an array of {@code TypeVariable} objects that represent the
 211      * type variables declared by the generic declaration represented by this
 212      * {@code GenericDeclaration} object, in declaration order.  Returns an
 213      * array of length 0 if the underlying generic declaration declares no type
 214      * variables.
 215      *
 216      * @return an array of {@code TypeVariable} objects that represent
 217      *     the type variables declared by this generic declaration
 218      * @throws GenericSignatureFormatError if the generic
 219      *     signature of this generic declaration does not conform to
 220      *     the format specified in
 221      *     <cite>The Java&trade; Virtual Machine Specification</cite>
 222      */
 223     public abstract TypeVariable<?>[] getTypeParameters();
 224 




 225     /**
 226      * Returns an array of {@code Class} objects that represent the formal
 227      * parameter types, in declaration order, of the executable
 228      * represented by this object.  Returns an array of length
 229      * 0 if the underlying executable takes no parameters.
 230      *
 231      * @return the parameter types for the executable this object
 232      * represents
 233      */
 234     public abstract Class<?>[] getParameterTypes();
 235 
 236     /**
 237      * Returns the number of formal parameters (whether explicitly
 238      * declared or implicitly declared or neither) for the executable
 239      * represented by this object.
 240      *
 241      * @return The number of formal parameters for the executable this
 242      * object represents
 243      */
 244     public int getParameterCount() {