Interface TypeVariable

All Superinterfaces:

AnnotatedConstruct, ReferenceType, TypeMirror

public interface TypeVariable
extends ReferenceType

Represents a type variable. A type variable may be explicitly declared by a type parameter of a type, method, or constructor. A type variable may also be declared implicitly, as by the capture conversion of a wildcard type argument (see chapter 5 of The Java™ Language Specification).

Since:

1.6

See Also:

TypeParameterElement

Methods

asElement

Element asElement()

Returns the element corresponding to this type variable.

Returns:

the element corresponding to this type variable

getUpperBound

TypeMirror getUpperBound()

Returns:

the upper bound of this type variable

getLowerBound

TypeMirror getLowerBound()

Returns the lower bound of this type variable. While a type parameter cannot include an explicit lower bound declaration, capture conversion can produce a type variable with a non-trivial lower bound. Type variables otherwise have a lower bound of NullType.

Returns:

the lower bound of this type variable