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26 package java.lang.reflect;
29 * A common interface for all entities that declare type variables.
33 public interface GenericDeclaration {
35 * Returns an array of {@code TypeVariable} objects that
36 * represent the type variables declared by the generic
37 * declaration represented by this {@code GenericDeclaration}
38 * object, in declaration order. Returns an array of length 0 if
39 * the underlying generic declaration declares no type variables.
41 * @return an array of {@code TypeVariable} objects that represent
42 * the type variables declared by this generic declaration
43 * @throws GenericSignatureFormatError if the generic
44 * signature of this generic declaration does not conform to
45 * the format specified in
46 * <cite>The Java™ Virtual Machine Specification</cite>
48 public TypeVariable<?>[] getTypeParameters();