GenericDeclaration (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)

• All Superinterfaces:
  AnnotatedElement
  All Known Implementing Classes:
  Class, Constructor, Executable, Method

public interface GenericDeclaration
extends AnnotatedElement
A common interface for all entities that declare type variables.
Since:
1.5

• • Method Summary

  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  TypeVariable<?>[]	getTypeParameters()	Returns an array of TypeVariable objects that represent the type variables declared by the generic declaration represented by this GenericDeclaration object, in declaration order.

     * ### Methods inherited from interface java.lang.reflect.[AnnotatedElement](../../../java/lang/reflect/AnnotatedElement.html "interface in java.lang.reflect")  
     `[getAnnotation](../../../java/lang/reflect/AnnotatedElement.html#getAnnotation-java.lang.Class-), [getAnnotations](../../../java/lang/reflect/AnnotatedElement.html#getAnnotations--), [getAnnotationsByType](../../../java/lang/reflect/AnnotatedElement.html#getAnnotationsByType-java.lang.Class-), [getDeclaredAnnotation](../../../java/lang/reflect/AnnotatedElement.html#getDeclaredAnnotation-java.lang.Class-), [getDeclaredAnnotations](../../../java/lang/reflect/AnnotatedElement.html#getDeclaredAnnotations--), [getDeclaredAnnotationsByType](../../../java/lang/reflect/AnnotatedElement.html#getDeclaredAnnotationsByType-java.lang.Class-), [isAnnotationPresent](../../../java/lang/reflect/AnnotatedElement.html#isAnnotationPresent-java.lang.Class-)`

• • Method Detail

     * #### getTypeParameters  
     [TypeVariable](../../../java/lang/reflect/TypeVariable.html "interface in java.lang.reflect")<?>[] getTypeParameters()  
     Returns an array of `TypeVariable` objects that represent the type variables declared by the generic declaration represented by this `GenericDeclaration` object, in declaration order. Returns an array of length 0 if the underlying generic declaration declares no type variables.  
     Returns:  
     an array of `TypeVariable` objects that represent the type variables declared by this generic declaration  
     Throws:  
     `[GenericSignatureFormatError](../../../java/lang/reflect/GenericSignatureFormatError.html "class in java.lang.reflect")` \- if the generic signature of this generic declaration does not conform to the format specified inThe Java™ Virtual Machine Specification

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