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 package java.lang.reflect;
 
 /**
  * {@code AnnotatedType} represents the potentially annotated use of a type in
  * the program currently running in this VM. The use may be of any type in the
  * Java programming language, including an array type, a parameterized type, a
  * type variable, or a wildcard type.
  *
  * @since 1.8
  */
 public interface AnnotatedType extends AnnotatedElement {
 
     /**
+     * Returns the potentially annotated type that this type is a member of, if
+     * this type represents a nested type. For example, if this type is
+     * {@code @TA O<T>.I<S>}, return a representation of {@code @TA O<T>}.
+     *
+     * <p>Returns {@code null} if this {@code AnnotatedType} represents a
+     *     top-level type, or a local or anonymous class, or a primitive type, or
+     *     void.
+     *
+     * <p>Returns {@code null} if this {@code AnnotatedType} is an instance of
+     *     {@code AnnotatedArrayType}, {@code AnnotatedTypeVariable}, or
+     *     {@code AnnotatedWildcardType}.
+     *
+     * @implSpec
+     * This default implementation returns {@code null} and performs no other
+     * action.
+     *
+     * @return an {@code AnnotatedType} object representing the potentially
+     *     annotated type that this type is a member of, or {@code null}
+     * @throws TypeNotPresentException if the owner type
+     *     refers to a non-existent type declaration
+     * @throws MalformedParameterizedTypeException if the owner type
+     *     refers to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated
+     *     for any reason
+     *
+     * @since 9
+     */
+    default AnnotatedType getAnnotatedOwnerType() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Returns the underlying type that this annotated type represents.
      *
      * @return the type this annotated type represents
      */
     public Type getType();
 }