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01/*
02 * @(#)GenericDeclaration.java	1.4 05/11/17
03 *
04 * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
05 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
06 */
07
08package java.lang.reflect;
09
10/**
11 * A common interface for all entities that declare type variables.
12 *
13 * @since 1.5
14 */
15public interface GenericDeclaration {
16    /**
17     * Returns an array of <tt>TypeVariable</tt> objects that
18     * represent the type variables declared by the generic
19     * declaration represented by this <tt>GenericDeclaration</tt>
20     * object, in declaration order.  Returns an array of length 0 if
21     * the underlying generic declaration declares no type variables.
22     *
23     * @return an array of <tt>TypeVariable</tt> objects that represent
24     *     the type variables declared by this generic declaration
25     * @throws GenericSignatureFormatError if the generic
26     *     signature of this generic declaration does not conform to
27     *     the format specified in the Java Virtual Machine Specification,
28     *     3rd edition
29     */
30    public TypeVariable<?>[] getTypeParameters();
31}