java.lang.reflect

Interface AnnotatedWildcardType

All Superinterfaces:

AnnotatedElement, AnnotatedType

public interface AnnotatedWildcardType
extends AnnotatedType

AnnotatedWildcardType represents the potentially annotated use of a wildcard type argument, whose upper or lower bounds may themselves represent annotated uses of types.

Since:

1.8

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AnnotatedType[]	getAnnotatedLowerBounds() Returns the potentially annotated lower bounds of this wildcard type.
AnnotatedType	getAnnotatedOwnerType() Returns the potentially annotated type that this type is a member of, if this type represents a nested type.
AnnotatedType[]	getAnnotatedUpperBounds() Returns the potentially annotated upper bounds of this wildcard type.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedType

getType

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement

getAnnotation, getAnnotations, getAnnotationsByType, getDeclaredAnnotation, getDeclaredAnnotations, getDeclaredAnnotationsByType, isAnnotationPresent

Method Detail

getAnnotatedLowerBounds

AnnotatedType[] getAnnotatedLowerBounds()

Returns the potentially annotated lower bounds of this wildcard type. If no lower bound is explicitly declared, the lower bound is the type of null. In this case, a zero length array is returned.

Returns:

the potentially annotated lower bounds of this wildcard type or an empty array if no lower bound is explicitly declared.

See Also:

WildcardType.getLowerBounds()

getAnnotatedUpperBounds

AnnotatedType[] getAnnotatedUpperBounds()

Returns the potentially annotated upper bounds of this wildcard type. If no upper bound is explicitly declared, the upper bound is unannotated Object

Returns:

the potentially annotated upper bounds of this wildcard type

See Also:

WildcardType.getUpperBounds()

getAnnotatedOwnerType

AnnotatedType getAnnotatedOwnerType()

Returns the potentially annotated type that this type is a member of, if this type represents a nested type. For example, if this type is @TA O<T>.I<S>, return a representation of @TA O<T>.

Returns null for an AnnotatedType that is an instance of AnnotatedWildcardType.

Specified by:

getAnnotatedOwnerType in interface AnnotatedType

Returns:

null

Since:

1.9