Interface GenericDeclaration

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

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 declared in interface AnnotatedElement

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

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.
`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.
`Annotation[]`	`getDeclaredAnnotations()`	Returns annotations that are directly present on this element.
`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.

Method Details

getTypeParameters

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. 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 - if the generic signature of this generic declaration does not conform to the format specified in The Java Virtual Machine Specification

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