Module java.base
Package java.lang.reflect

## Interface AnnotatedWildcardType

- All Superinterfaces:
    `AnnotatedElement`, `AnnotatedType`

      public interface AnnotatedWildcardType
      extends AnnotatedType

  `AnnotatedWildcardType` represents the potentially annotated use of a wildcard type argument, whose upper or lower bounds may themselves represent annotated uses of types.
  Since:
    1.8

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `AnnotatedType[]` | `getAnnotatedLowerBounds()` | Returns the potentially annotated lower bounds of this wildcard type.
    `AnnotatedType` | `getAnnotatedOwnerType()` | Returns the potentially annotated type that this type is a member of, if this type represents a nested type.
    `AnnotatedType[]` | `getAnnotatedUpperBounds()` | Returns the potentially annotated upper bounds of this wildcard type.

    - ### Methods declared in interface java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement

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

    - ### Methods declared in interface java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedType

      `getType`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getAnnotatedLowerBounds

          AnnotatedType[] getAnnotatedLowerBounds()

      Returns the potentially annotated lower bounds of this wildcard type. If no lower bound is explicitly declared, the lower bound is the type of null. In this case, a zero length array is returned.
      Returns:
        the potentially annotated lower bounds of this wildcard type or an empty array if no lower bound is explicitly declared.
      See Also:
        `WildcardType.getLowerBounds()`

    - #### getAnnotatedUpperBounds

          AnnotatedType[] getAnnotatedUpperBounds()

      Returns the potentially annotated upper bounds of this wildcard type. If no upper bound is explicitly declared, the upper bound is unannotated `Object`
      Returns:
        the potentially annotated upper bounds of this wildcard type
      See Also:
        `WildcardType.getUpperBounds()`

    - #### getAnnotatedOwnerType

          AnnotatedType getAnnotatedOwnerType()

      Returns the potentially annotated type that this type is a member of, if this type represents a nested type. For example, if this type is `@TA O<T>.I<S>`, return a representation of `@TA O<T>`.

      Returns `null` for an `AnnotatedType` that is an instance of `AnnotatedWildcardType`.

      Specified by:
        `getAnnotatedOwnerType` in interface `AnnotatedType`
      Returns:
        `null`
      Since:
        9