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25:
26: package com.sun.javadoc;
27:
28: /**
29: * Represents a type variable.
30: * For example, the generic interface {@code List<E>} has a single
31: * type variable {@code E}.
32: * A type variable may have explicit bounds, as in
33: * {@code C<R extends Remote>}.
34: *
35: * @author Scott Seligman
36: * @version 1.9 07/05/05
37: * @since 1.5
38: */
39: public interface TypeVariable extends Type {
40:
41: /**
42: * Return the bounds of this type variable.
43: * These are the types given by the <i>extends</i> clause.
44: * Return an empty array if there are no explicit bounds.
45: *
46: * @return the bounds of this type variable.
47: */
48: Type[] bounds();
49:
50: /**
51: * Return the class, interface, method, or constructor within
52: * which this type variable is declared.
53: *
54: * @return the class, interface, method, or constructor within
55: * which this type variable is declared.
56: */
57: ProgramElementDoc owner();
58: }
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