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package javax.lang.model.type;
import java.util.List;
import javax.lang.model.element.Element;
import javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement;
import javax.lang.model.util.Types;
/**
* Represents a declared type, either a class type or an interface type.
* This includes parameterized types such as {@code java.util.Set}
* as well as raw types.
*
* While a {@code TypeElement} represents a class or interface
* element, a {@code DeclaredType} represents a class
* or interface type, the latter being a use
* (or invocation) of the former.
* See {@link TypeElement} for more on this distinction.
*
*
The supertypes (both class and interface types) of a declared
* type may be found using the {@link
* Types#directSupertypes(TypeMirror)} method. This returns the
* supertypes with any type arguments substituted in.
*
* @see TypeElement
* @since 1.6
*/
public interface DeclaredType extends ReferenceType {
/**
* {@return the element corresponding to this type}
*/
Element asElement();
/**
* Returns the type of the innermost enclosing instance or a
* {@code NoType} of kind {@code NONE} if there is no enclosing
* instance. Only types corresponding to inner classes have an
* enclosing instance.
*
* @return a type mirror for the enclosing type
* @jls 8.1.3 Inner Classes and Enclosing Instances
* @jls 15.9.2 Determining Enclosing Instances
*/
TypeMirror getEnclosingType();
/**
* Returns the actual type arguments of this type.
* For a type nested within a parameterized type
* (such as {@code Outer.Inner}), only the type
* arguments of the innermost type are included.
*
* @return the actual type arguments of this type, or an empty list
* if none
*/
List getTypeArguments();
}