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package java.lang.reflect;

/**

 * {@code AnnotatedTypeVariable} represents the potentially annotated use of a

 * type variable, whose declaration may have bounds which themselves represent

 * annotated uses of types.

 *

 * @jls 4.4 Type Variables

 * @since 1.8

 */

public interface AnnotatedTypeVariable extends AnnotatedType {

    /**

     * Returns the potentially annotated bounds of this type variable.

     * If no bound is explicitly declared, the bound is unannotated

     * {@code Object}.

     *

     * @return the potentially annotated bounds of this type variable

     * @see TypeVariable#getBounds()

     */

    AnnotatedType[] getAnnotatedBounds();

    /**

     * 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

     * {@code @TA O<T>.I<S>}, return a representation of {@code @TA O<T>}.

     *

     * <p>Returns {@code null} for an {@code AnnotatedType} that is an instance

     *     of {@code AnnotatedTypeVariable}.

     *

     * @return {@code null}

     *

     * @since 9

     */

    @Override

    AnnotatedType getAnnotatedOwnerType();

}