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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package signature.model;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * {@code ITypeVariableDefinition} models a type variable definition.
+ */
+public interface ITypeVariableDefinition extends ITypeDefinition {
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the upper bounds for this type variable as specified by the
+ * extends clause. If no upper bounds are explicitly specified then
+ * java.lang.Object is returned as upper bound.
+ *
+ * @return the upper bounds for this type variable
+ */
+ List<ITypeReference> getUpperBounds();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the name of this type variable.
+ *
+ * @return the name of this type variable
+ */
+ String getName();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the element on which this type variable is declared.
+ *
+ * @return the element on which this type variable is declared
+ */
+ IGenericDeclaration getGenericDeclaration();
+}