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package javax.lang.model.type;
import javax.lang.model.element.Element;
import javax.lang.model.element.TypeParameterElement;
import javax.lang.model.util.Types;
/**
* Represents a type variable.
* A type variable may be explicitly declared by a
* {@linkplain TypeParameterElement 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
* <cite>The Java™ Language Specification</cite>).
*
* @author Joseph D. Darcy
* @author Scott Seligman
* @author Peter von der Ahé
* @see TypeParameterElement
* @since 1.6
*/
public interface TypeVariable extends ReferenceType {
/**
* Returns the element corresponding to this type variable.
*
* @return the element corresponding to this type variable
*/
Element asElement();
/**
* Returns the upper bound of this type variable.
*
* <p> If this type variable was declared with no explicit
* upper bounds, the result is {@code java.lang.Object}.
* If it was declared with multiple upper bounds,
* the result is an {@linkplain IntersectionType intersection type};
* individual bounds can be found by examining the result's
* {@linkplain IntersectionType#getBounds() bounds}.
*
* @return the upper bound of this type variable
*/
TypeMirror getUpperBound();
/**
* Returns the lower bound of this type variable. While a type
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