A<T extends B> and A <? extends B>

Refer to

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5211548/what-is-the-difference-between-at-extends-b-and-a-extends-b

First of all, those are completely different constructs used in different contexts.

A<T extends B> is a part of generic type declaration such as

public class A<T extends B> { ... }

It declares generic type A with type parameter T, and introduces a bound on T, so that T must be a subtype of B.

A<? extends B> a = ...;

public void foo(A<? extends B> a) { ... }

Variable declaration such as A<? extends B> a means that type of a is A parameterized with some subtype of B.