Interface WildcardType

  • All Superinterfaces:
    AnnotationTarget, Type

    public interface WildcardType
    extends Type
    A wildcard type. May have 3 forms:
    • ? extends Number: has an upper bound
    • ? super Number: has a lower bound
    • ?: unbounded, has an implicit upper bound of java.lang.Object
    Note that ? is equivalent to ? extends Object and is represented as such. Therefore, either upperBound() or lowerBound() always returns non-null.
    • Method Detail

      • upperBound

        Type upperBound()
        Returns the upper bound of this wildcard type. Returns null if this wildcard type does not have an upper bound.
        Returns:
        upper bound of this wildcard type, or null if this wildcard type does not have an upper bound
      • lowerBound

        Type lowerBound()
        Returns the lower bound of this wildcard type. Returns null if this wildcard type does not have a lower bound.
        Returns:
        lower bound of this wildcard type, or null if this wildcard type does not have a lower bound
      • kind

        default Type.Kind kind()
        Description copied from interface: Type
        Returns the kind of this type.
        Specified by:
        kind in interface Type
        Returns:
        the kind of this type
      • asWildcardType

        default WildcardType asWildcardType()
        Description copied from interface: Type
        Returns this type as a wildcard type.
        Specified by:
        asWildcardType in interface Type
        Returns:
        this wildcard type, never null