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  package java.lang.reflect;
  
  /**
   * TypeVariable is the common superinterface for type variables of kinds.
   * A type variable is created the first time it is needed by a reflective
   * method, as specified in this package.  If a type variable t is referenced
   * by a type (i.e, class, interface or annotation type) T, and T is declared
   * by the nth enclosing class of T (see JLS 8.1.2), then the creation of t
   * requires the resolution (see JVMS 5) of the ith enclosing class of T,
   * for i = 0 to n, inclusive. Creating a type variable must not cause the
   * creation of its bounds. Repeated creation of a type variable has no effect.
   *
   * <p>Multiple objects may be instantiated at run-time to
   * represent a given type variable. Even though a type variable is
   * created only once, this does not imply any requirement to cache
   * instances representing the type variable. However, all instances
   * representing a type variable must be equal() to each other.
   * As a consequence, users of type variables must not rely on the identity
   * of instances of classes implementing this interface.
   *
   * @param <D> the type of generic declaration that declared the
   * underlying type variable.
   *
   * @since 1.5
   */
  // Android-changed: Removed support for type annotations at runtime.
  // Removed AnnotatedElement super-class.
  public interface TypeVariable<D extends GenericDeclaration> extends Type/*, AnnotatedElement*/ {
      /**
       * Returns an array of {@code Type} objects representing the
       * upper bound(s) of this type variable.  Note that if no upper bound is
       * explicitly declared, the upper bound is {@code Object}.
       *
       * <p>For each upper bound B: <ul> <li>if B is a parameterized
       * type or a type variable, it is created, (see {@link
       * ParameterizedType ParameterizedType} for the
       * details of the creation process for parameterized types).
       * <li>Otherwise, B is resolved.  </ul>
       *
       * @throws TypeNotPresentException  if any of the
       *     bounds refers to a non-existent type declaration
       * @throws MalformedParameterizedTypeException if any of the
       *     bounds refer to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated
       *     for any reason
       * @return an array of {@code Type}s representing the upper
       *     bound(s) of this type variable
      */
      Type[] getBounds();
  
      /**
       * Returns the {@code GenericDeclaration} object representing the
       * generic declaration declared this type variable.
       *
       * @return the generic declaration declared for this type variable.
       *
       * @since 1.5
       */
      D getGenericDeclaration();
  
      /**
       * Returns the name of this type variable, as it occurs in the source code.
       *
       * @return the name of this type variable, as it appears in the source code
       */
      String getName();
  
      // Android-removed: getAnnotatedBounds(), no support for runtime type annotations on Android.
      /*
      /**
       * Returns an array of AnnotatedType objects that represent the use of
       * types to denote the upper bounds of the type parameter represented by
       * this TypeVariable. The order of the objects in the array corresponds to
       * the order of the bounds in the declaration of the type parameter.
       *
       * Returns an array of length 0 if the type parameter declares no bounds.
       *
       * @return an array of objects representing the upper bounds of the type variable
       * @since 1.8
       *
       AnnotatedType[] getAnnotatedBounds();
      */
  }
  