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## javax.lang.model.type
Interface TypeVariable

All Superinterfaces:
  ReferenceType, TypeMirror

    public interface TypeVariable

extends ReferenceType

Represents a type variable. A type variable may be explicitly declared by a type parameter of a type, method, or constructor. A type variable may also be declared implicitly, as by the capture conversion of a wildcard type argument (see chapter 5 of The Java Language Specification, Third Edition).

Since:
  1.6
See Also:
  `TypeParameterElement`

Method Summary
`Element` | `asElement()` Returns the element corresponding to this type variable.
`TypeMirror` | `getLowerBound()` Returns the lower bound of this type variable.
`TypeMirror` | `getUpperBound()` Returns the upper bound of this type variable.

Methods inherited from interface javax.lang.model.type.TypeMirror
`accept, equals, getKind, hashCode, toString`

Method Detail

### asElement

    Element asElement()

  Returns the element corresponding to this type variable.

  Returns:
    the element corresponding to this type variable

### getUpperBound

    TypeMirror getUpperBound()

  Returns the upper bound of this type variable.

  If this type variable was declared with no explicit upper bounds, the result is `java.lang.Object`. If it was declared with multiple upper bounds, the result is an intersection type (modeled as a `DeclaredType`). Individual bounds can be found by examining the result's supertypes.

  Returns:
    the upper bound of this type variable

### getLowerBound

    TypeMirror getLowerBound()

  Returns the lower bound of this type variable. While a type parameter cannot include an explicit lower bound declaration, capture conversion can produce a type variable with a non-trivial lower bound. Type variables otherwise have a lower bound of `NullType`.

  Returns:
    the lower bound of this type variable

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