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package java.lang.reflect;
/**
* A common interface for all entities that declare type variables.
*
* @since 1.5
*/
public interface GenericDeclaration {
/**
* Returns an array of {@code TypeVariable} objects that
* represent the type variables declared by the generic
* declaration represented by this {@code GenericDeclaration}
* object, in declaration order. Returns an array of length 0 if
* the underlying generic declaration declares no type variables.
*
* @return an array of {@code 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,
* 3rd edition
*/
public TypeVariable<?>[] getTypeParameters();
}