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 AnnotatedElement

getAnnotationsByType, getDeclaredAnnotation, getDeclaredAnnotationsByType, isAnnotationPresent

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default <T extends Annotation> T[]`	`getAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)`	Returns annotations that are associated with this element.
`default <T extends Annotation> T`	`getDeclaredAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)`	Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is directly present, else null.
`default <T extends Annotation> T[]`	`getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(Class<T> annotationClass)`	Returns this element's annotation(s) for the specified type if such annotations are either directly present or indirectly present.
`default boolean`	`isAnnotationPresent(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass)`	Returns true if an annotation for the specified type is present on this element, else false.

Methods declared in interface AnnotatedType

getAnnotation, getAnnotations, getDeclaredAnnotations, getType

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`<T extends Annotation> T`	`getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)`	Returns this element's annotation for the specified type if such an annotation is present, else null.
`Annotation[]`	`getAnnotations()`	Returns annotations that are present on this element.
`Annotation[]`	`getDeclaredAnnotations()`	Returns annotations that are directly present on this element.
`Type`	`getType()`	Returns the underlying type that this annotated type represents.

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:

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:

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

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