Module java.base

Package 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.

See Java Language Specification:

4.5.1 Type Arguments of Parameterized Types

Since:

1.8

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	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 declared in interface java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement

getAnnotationsByType, getDeclaredAnnotation, getDeclaredAnnotationsByType, isAnnotationPresent

Methods declared in interface java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedType

getAnnotation, getAnnotations, getDeclaredAnnotations, getType

Method Details

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:

• 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

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

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:

9