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25 
26 package java.lang.reflect;
27 
28 /**
29  * A common interface for all entities that declare type variables.
30  *
31  * @since 1.5
32  */
33 public interface GenericDeclaration extends AnnotatedElement {
34     /**
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.
40      *
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&trade; Virtual Machine Specification</cite>
47      */
getTypeParameters()48     public TypeVariable<?>[] getTypeParameters();
49 }
50