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package java.lang.reflect;
/**
* This interface represents a type variables such as {@code 'T'} in {@code
* 'public interface Comparable<T>'}, the bounded {@code 'T'} in {@code
* 'public interface A<T extends Number>'} or the multiple bounded {@code
* 'T'} in {@code 'public interface B<T extends Number & Cloneable>'}.
*
* @param <D>
* the generic declaration that declares this type variable
* @since 1.5
*/
public interface TypeVariable<D extends GenericDeclaration> extends Type {
/**
* Returns the upper bounds of this type variable. {@code Object} is the
* implicit upper bound if no other bounds are declared.
*
* @return the upper bounds of this type variable
*
* @throws TypeNotPresentException
* if any of the bounds points to a missing type
* @throws MalformedParameterizedTypeException
* if any of the bounds points to a type that cannot be
* instantiated for some reason
*/
Type[] getBounds();
/**
* Returns the language construct that declares this type variable.
*
* @return the generic declaration
*/
D getGenericDeclaration();
/**
* Returns the name of this type variable as it is specified in source
* code.
*
* @return the name of this type variable
*/
String getName();
}