Module java.base

Package java.lang.reflect

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

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 Details

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