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  26 package java.lang.reflect;
  27 
  28 /**
  29  * {@code AnnotatedParameterizedType} represents the potentially annotated use
  30  * of a parameterized type, whose type arguments may themselves represent
  31  * annotated uses of types.
  32  *
  33  * @jls 4.5 Parameterized Types
  34  * @since 1.8
  35  */
  36 public interface AnnotatedParameterizedType extends AnnotatedType {
  37 
  38     /**
  39      * Returns the potentially annotated actual type arguments of this parameterized type.
  40      *
  41      * @return the potentially annotated actual type arguments of this parameterized type
  42      * @see ParameterizedType#getActualTypeArguments()
  43      */
  44     AnnotatedType[] getAnnotatedActualTypeArguments();
  45 
  46     /**
  47      * Returns the potentially annotated type that this type is a member of, if
  48      * this type represents a nested type. For example, if this type is
  49      * {@code @TA O<T>.I<S>}, return a representation of {@code @TA O<T>}.
  50      *
  51      * <p>Returns {@code null} if this {@code AnnotatedType} represents a
  52      *     top-level type, or a local or anonymous class, or a primitive type, or
  53      *     void.
  54      *
  55      * @return an {@code AnnotatedType} object representing the potentially
  56      *     annotated type that this type is a member of, or {@code null}
  57      * @throws TypeNotPresentException if the owner type
  58      *     refers to a non-existent type declaration
  59      * @throws MalformedParameterizedTypeException if the owner type
  60      *     refers to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated
  61      *     for any reason
  62      *
  63      * @since 9
  64      */
  65     @Override
  66     AnnotatedType getAnnotatedOwnerType();
  67 }