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 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