TypeVariable (Jakarta EE Platform API)

All Superinterfaces:

AnnotationTarget, Type
```
public interface TypeVariable
extends Type
```
Type variables represent type parameters declared on generic classes or methods. All type variables have bounds. A type variable with no bound declared is equivalent to a type variable with a single bound of java.lang.Object and is represented as such. If one bound is declared, it is a type variable or a class type, possibly parameterized. If more than one bound is declared, the first bound is a class type or an interface type, possibly parameterized, and the following bounds are interface types, possibly parameterized.

Nested Class Summary
- Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface jakarta.enterprise.lang.model.types.Type
  Type.Kind

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default TypeVariable`	`asTypeVariable()`	Returns this type as a type variable.
`List<Type>`	`bounds()`	Returns the bounds declared for this type variable.
`default Type.Kind`	`kind()`	Returns the kind of this type.
`String`	`name()`	Returns the name of this type variable.

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.enterprise.lang.model.AnnotationTarget
annotation, annotations, annotations, hasAnnotation, hasAnnotation, repeatableAnnotation

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.enterprise.lang.model.types.Type
asArray, asClass, asDeclaration, asParameterizedType, asPrimitive, asType, asVoid, asWildcardType, isArray, isClass, isDeclaration, isParameterizedType, isPrimitive, isType, isTypeVariable, isVoid, isWildcardType

- Method Detail
  - name
```
String name()
```
    Returns the name of this type variable.
    
    Returns:
    
    the name of this type variable, never null
  - bounds
```
List<Type> bounds()
```
    Returns the bounds declared for this type variable.
    
    Returns:
    
    the bounds declared for this type variable, never null or empty
  - 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
  - asTypeVariable
```
default TypeVariable asTypeVariable()
```
    Description copied from interface: Type
    
    Returns this type as a type variable. Type variables are also used to represent type parameters in declarations of parameterized types.
    
    Specified by:
    
    asTypeVariable in interface Type
    
    Returns:
    
    this type variable, never null