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package java.lang.reflect;
/**
* {@code GenericArrayType} represents an array type whose component
* type is either a parameterized type or a type variable.
* @since 1.5
*/
@SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "deprecation", "all"})
public interface GenericArrayType extends java.lang.reflect.Type {
/**
* Returns a {@code Type} object representing the component type
* of this array. This method creates the component type of the
* array. See the declaration of {@link
* java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType ParameterizedType} for the
* semantics of the creation process for parameterized types and
* see {@link java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable TypeVariable} for the
* creation process for type variables.
*
* @return a {@code Type} object representing the component type
* of this array
* @throws java.lang.TypeNotPresentException if the underlying array type's
* component type refers to a non-existent type declaration
* @throws java.lang.reflect.MalformedParameterizedTypeException if the
* underlying array type's component type refers to a
* parameterized type that cannot be instantiated for any reason
*/
@android.annotation.NonNull
public java.lang.reflect.Type getGenericComponentType();
}