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 package java.lang.reflect;
 
 /**
  * {@code AnnotatedTypeVariable} represents the potentially annotated use of a
  * type variable, whose declaration may have bounds which themselves represent
  * annotated uses of types.
  *
  * @since 1.8
  */
 public interface AnnotatedTypeVariable extends AnnotatedType {
 
     /**
      * Returns the potentially annotated bounds of this type variable.
+     * If no bound is explicitly declared, the bound is unannotated
+     * {@code Object}.
      *
      * @return the potentially annotated bounds of this type variable
+     * @see TypeVariable#getBounds()
      */
     AnnotatedType[] getAnnotatedBounds();
+
+    /**
+     * 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} for an {@code AnnotatedType} that is an instance
+     *     of {@code AnnotatedTypeVariable}.
+     *
+     * @return {@code null}
+     *
+     * @since 9
+     */
+    @Override
+    AnnotatedType getAnnotatedOwnerType();
 }