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

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
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 java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement

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

Method Detail

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