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package com.sun.mirror.declaration;
import java.util.Collection;
import com.sun.mirror.type.*;
/**
* Represents a formal type parameter of a generic type, method,
* or constructor declaration.
* A type parameter declares a {@link TypeVariable}.
*
* @deprecated All components of this API have been superseded by the
* standardized annotation processing API. The replacement for the
* functionality of this interface is {@link
* javax.lang.model.element.TypeParameterElement}.
*
* @author Joseph D. Darcy
* @author Scott Seligman
* @since 1.5
*/
@Deprecated
@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
public interface TypeParameterDeclaration extends Declaration {
/**
* Returns the bounds of this type parameter.
* These are the types given by the <i>extends</i> clause.
* If there is no explicit <i>extends</i> clause, then
* <tt>java.lang.Object</tt> is considered to be the sole bound.
*
* @return the bounds of this type parameter
*/
Collection<ReferenceType> getBounds();
/**
* Returns the type, method, or constructor declaration within which
* this type parameter is declared.
*
* @return the declaration within which this type parameter is declared
*/
Declaration getOwner();
}