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jtulach@258: 
jtulach@258: package java.lang.reflect;
jtulach@258: 
jtulach@258: /**
jtulach@258:  * A common interface for all entities that declare type variables.
jtulach@258:  *
jtulach@258:  * @since 1.5
jtulach@258:  */
jtulach@258: public interface GenericDeclaration {
jtulach@258:     /**
jtulach@258:      * Returns an array of {@code TypeVariable} objects that
jtulach@258:      * represent the type variables declared by the generic
jtulach@258:      * declaration represented by this {@code GenericDeclaration}
jtulach@258:      * object, in declaration order.  Returns an array of length 0 if
jtulach@258:      * the underlying generic declaration declares no type variables.
jtulach@258:      *
jtulach@258:      * @return an array of {@code TypeVariable} objects that represent
jtulach@258:      *     the type variables declared by this generic declaration
jtulach@258:      * @throws GenericSignatureFormatError if the generic
jtulach@258:      *     signature of this generic declaration does not conform to
jtulach@258:      *     the format specified in
jtulach@258:      *     <cite>The Java&trade; Virtual Machine Specification</cite>
jtulach@258:      */
jtulach@258:     public TypeVariable<?>[] getTypeParameters();
jtulach@258: }