What does this use of Java generics mean?

I want to know that the first < T > represents the following java code line I've read several tutorials on generics, but none of the examples have two generics before the method name thank you.

public <T> Provider<T> scope(Key<T> key,Provider<T> unscoped);

Solution

The first < T > is the actual type parameter declaration, that is, it means that the method is generic and has a type parameter t

The second < T > is only part of the method return type, that is, the method returns provider < T >

If the first < T > is omitted, the return type provider < T > will be invalid because t is not an identifiable identifier / name of the type T is only recognized as a type because the first < T > describes it this way