| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2004 IBM Corporation and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.jdt.core; |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * Represents a type parameter defined by a type of a method |
| * in a compilation unit or a class file. |
| * <p> |
| * Type parameters are obtained using {@link IType#getTypeParameter(String)} and |
| * {@link IMethod#getTypeParameter(String)}. |
| * </p><p> |
| * Note that type parameters are not children of their declaring type or method. To get a list |
| * of the type parameters use {@link IType#getTypeParameters()} for a type and use |
| * {@link IMethod#getTypeParameters()} for a method. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @since 3.1 |
| */ |
| public interface ITypeParameter extends IJavaElement, ISourceReference { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the names of the class and interface bounds of this type parameter. Returns an empty |
| * array if this type parameter has no bounds. A bound name is the name as it appears in the |
| * source (without the <code>extends</code> keyword) if the type parameter comes from a |
| * compilation unit. It is the dot-separated fully qualified name of the bound if the type |
| * parameter comes from a class file. |
| * |
| * @return the names of the bounds |
| * @throws JavaModelException if this element does not exist or if an |
| * exception occurs while accessing its corresponding resource |
| */ |
| String[] getBounds() throws JavaModelException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the declaring member of this type parameter. This can be either an <code>IType</code> |
| * or an <code>IMethod</code>. |
| * <p> |
| * This is a handle-only method. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @return the declaring member of this type parameter. |
| */ |
| IMember getDeclaringMember(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the source range of this type parameter's name, |
| * or <code>null</code> if this type parameter does not have |
| * associated source code (for example, in a binary type). |
| * |
| * @exception JavaModelException if this element does not exist or if an |
| * exception occurs while accessing its corresponding resource. |
| * @return the source range of this type parameter's name, |
| * or <code>null</code> if this type parameter does not have |
| * associated source code (for example, in a binary type) |
| */ |
| ISourceRange getNameRange() throws JavaModelException; |
| } |