- All Superinterfaces:
AnnotatedElement,AnnotatedType
AnnotatedWildcardType represents the potentially annotated use of a
wildcard type argument, whose upper or lower bounds may themselves represent
annotated uses of types.- See Java Language Specification:
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4.5.1 Type Arguments of Parameterized Types
- Since:
- 1.8
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionReturns the potentially annotated lower bounds of this wildcard type.Returns the potentially annotated type that this type is a member of, if this type represents a nested type.Returns the potentially annotated upper bounds of this wildcard type.Methods declared in interface java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement
getAnnotationsByType, getDeclaredAnnotation, getDeclaredAnnotationsByType, isAnnotationPresentMethods declared in interface java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedType
getAnnotation, getAnnotations, getDeclaredAnnotations, getType
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Method Details
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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.- API Note:
- While to date a wildcard may have at most one lower bound, callers of this method should be written to accommodate multiple bounds.
- Returns:
- the potentially annotated lower bounds of this wildcard type or an empty array if no lower bound is explicitly declared.
- See Also:
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getAnnotatedUpperBounds
AnnotatedType[] getAnnotatedUpperBounds()Returns the potentially annotated upper bounds of this wildcard type. If no upper bound is explicitly declared, the upper bound is unannotatedObject- API Note:
- While to date a wildcard may have at most one upper bound, callers of this method should be written to accommodate multiple bounds.
- Returns:
- the potentially annotated upper bounds of this wildcard type
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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
nullfor anAnnotatedTypethat is an instance ofAnnotatedWildcardType.- Specified by:
getAnnotatedOwnerTypein interfaceAnnotatedType- Returns:
null- Since:
- 9
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