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25 
26 package com.sun.javadoc;
27 
28 
29 import com.google.doclava.annotation.Unused;
30 import com.google.doclava.annotation.Used;
31 
32 /**
33  * Represents an invocation of a generic class or interface.  For example,
34  * given the generic interface {@code List<E>}, possible invocations
35  * include:
36  * <pre>
37  *      {@code List<String>}
38  *      {@code List<T extends Number>}
39  *      {@code List<?>}
40  * </pre>
41  * A generic inner class {@code Outer<T>.Inner<S>} might be invoked as:
42  * <pre>
43  *      {@code Outer<Number>.Inner<String>}
44  * </pre>
45  *
46  * @author Scott Seligman
47  * @since 1.5
48  */
49 public interface ParameterizedType extends Type {
50 
51     /**
52      * Return the generic class or interface that declared this type.
53      *
54      * @return the generic class or interface that declared this type.
55      */
56     @Unused
asClassDoc()57     ClassDoc asClassDoc();
58 
59     /**
60      * Return the actual type arguments of this type.
61      * For a generic type that is nested within some other generic type
62      * (such as {@code Outer<T>.Inner<S>}),
63      * only the type arguments of the innermost type are included.
64      *
65      * @return the actual type arguments of this type.
66      */
67     @Used
typeArguments()68     Type[] typeArguments();
69 
70     /**
71      * Return the class type that is a direct supertype of this one.
72      * This is the superclass of this type's declaring class,
73      * with type arguments substituted in.
74      * Return null if this is an interface type.
75      *
76      * <p> For example, if this parameterized type is
77      * {@code java.util.ArrayList<String>}, the result will be
78      * {@code java.util.AbstractList<String>}.
79      *
80      * @return the class type that is a direct supertype of this one.
81      */
82     @Unused
superclassType()83     Type superclassType();
84 
85     /**
86      * Return the interface types directly implemented by or extended by this
87      * parameterized type.
88      * These are the interfaces directly implemented or extended
89      * by this type's declaring class or interface,
90      * with type arguments substituted in.
91      * Return an empty array if there are no interfaces.
92      *
93      * <p> For example, the interface extended by
94      * {@code java.util.Set<String>} is {@code java.util.Collection<String>}.
95      *
96      * @return the interface types directly implemented by or extended by this
97      * parameterized type.
98      */
99     @Unused
interfaceTypes()100     Type[] interfaceTypes();
101 
102     /**
103      * Return the type that contains this type as a member.
104      * Return null is this is a top-level type.
105      *
106      * <p> For example, the containing type of
107      * {@code AnInterface.Nested<Number>} is the <code>ClassDoc</code>
108      * representing {@code AnInterface}, and the containing type of
109      * {@code Outer<String>.Inner<Number>} is the
110      * <code>ParameterizedType</code> representing {@code Outer<String>}.
111      *
112      * @return the type that contains this type as a member.
113      */
114     @Unused
containingType()115     Type containingType();
116 }
117