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## javax.lang.model.type
Interface DeclaredType

All Superinterfaces:
  ReferenceType, TypeMirror

All Known Subinterfaces:
  ErrorType

    public interface DeclaredType

extends ReferenceType

Represents a declared type, either a class type or an interface type. This includes parameterized types such as `java.util.Set<String>` as well as raw types.

While a `TypeElement` represents a class or interface element, a `DeclaredType` represents a class or interface type, the latter being a use (or invocation) of the former. See `TypeElement` for more on this distinction.

The supertypes (both class and interface types) of a declared type may be found using the `Types.directSupertypes(TypeMirror)` method. This returns the supertypes with any type arguments substituted in.

This interface is also used to represent intersection types. An intersection type is implicit in a program rather than being explictly declared. For example, the bound of the type parameter `<T extends Number & Runnable>` is an intersection type. It is represented by a `DeclaredType` with `Number` as its superclass and `Runnable` as its lone superinterface.

Since:
  1.6
See Also:
  `TypeElement`

Method Summary
`Element` | `asElement()` Returns the element corresponding to this type.
`TypeMirror` | `getEnclosingType()` Returns the type of the innermost enclosing instance or a `NoType` of kind `NONE` if there is no enclosing instance.
`List<? extends TypeMirror>` | `getTypeArguments()` Returns the actual type arguments of this type.

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.

  Returns:
    the element corresponding to this type

### getEnclosingType

    TypeMirror getEnclosingType()

  Returns the type of the innermost enclosing instance or a `NoType` of kind `NONE` if there is no enclosing instance. Only types corresponding to inner classes have an enclosing instance.

  Returns:
    a type mirror for the enclosing type

### getTypeArguments

    List<? extends TypeMirror> getTypeArguments()

  Returns the actual type arguments of this type. For a type nested within a parameterized type (such as `Outer<String>.Inner<Number>`), only the type arguments of the innermost type are included.

  Returns:
    the actual type arguments of this type, or an empty list if none

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