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java.lang.reflect

## Interface GenericDeclaration

- All Superinterfaces:
    AnnotatedElement
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    Class, Constructor, Executable, Method

      public interface GenericDeclaration
      extends AnnotatedElement

  A common interface for all entities that declare type variables.
  Since:
    1.5

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `TypeVariable<?>[]` | `getTypeParameters()` | Returns an array of `TypeVariable` objects that represent the type variables declared by the generic declaration represented by this `GenericDeclaration` object, in declaration order.

    - ### Methods inherited from interface java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement

      `getAnnotation, getAnnotations, getAnnotationsByType, getDeclaredAnnotation, getDeclaredAnnotations, getDeclaredAnnotationsByType, isAnnotationPresent`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getTypeParameters

          TypeVariable<?>[] getTypeParameters()

      Returns an array of `TypeVariable` objects that represent the type variables declared by the generic declaration represented by this `GenericDeclaration` object, in declaration order. Returns an array of length 0 if the underlying generic declaration declares no type variables.
      Returns:
        an array of `TypeVariable` objects that represent the type variables declared by this generic declaration
      Throws:
        `GenericSignatureFormatError` - if the generic signature of this generic declaration does not conform to the format specified in The Java™ Virtual Machine Specification

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