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jtulach@258: 
jtulach@258: package java.lang.reflect;
jtulach@258: 
jtulach@258: /**
jtulach@258:  * Member is an interface that reflects identifying information about
jtulach@258:  * a single member (a field or a method) or a constructor.
jtulach@258:  *
jtulach@258:  * @see java.lang.Class
jtulach@258:  * @see Field
jtulach@258:  * @see Method
jtulach@258:  * @see Constructor
jtulach@258:  *
jtulach@258:  * @author Nakul Saraiya
jtulach@258:  */
jtulach@258: public
jtulach@258: interface Member {
jtulach@258: 
jtulach@258:     /**
jtulach@258:      * Identifies the set of all public members of a class or interface,
jtulach@258:      * including inherited members.
jtulach@258:      * @see java.lang.SecurityManager#checkMemberAccess
jtulach@258:      */
jtulach@258:     public static final int PUBLIC = 0;
jtulach@258: 
jtulach@258:     /**
jtulach@258:      * Identifies the set of declared members of a class or interface.
jtulach@258:      * Inherited members are not included.
jtulach@258:      * @see java.lang.SecurityManager#checkMemberAccess
jtulach@258:      */
jtulach@258:     public static final int DECLARED = 1;
jtulach@258: 
jtulach@258:     /**
jtulach@258:      * Returns the Class object representing the class or interface
jtulach@258:      * that declares the member or constructor represented by this Member.
jtulach@258:      *
jtulach@258:      * @return an object representing the declaring class of the
jtulach@258:      * underlying member
jtulach@258:      */
jtulach@258:     public Class<?> getDeclaringClass();
jtulach@258: 
jtulach@258:     /**
jtulach@258:      * Returns the simple name of the underlying member or constructor
jtulach@258:      * represented by this Member.
jtulach@258:      *
jtulach@258:      * @return the simple name of the underlying member
jtulach@258:      */
jtulach@258:     public String getName();
jtulach@258: 
jtulach@258:     /**
jtulach@258:      * Returns the Java language modifiers for the member or
jtulach@258:      * constructor represented by this Member, as an integer.  The
jtulach@258:      * Modifier class should be used to decode the modifiers in
jtulach@258:      * the integer.
jtulach@258:      *
jtulach@258:      * @return the Java language modifiers for the underlying member
jtulach@258:      * @see Modifier
jtulach@258:      */
jtulach@258:     public int getModifiers();
jtulach@258: 
jtulach@258:     /**
jtulach@258:      * Returns {@code true} if this member was introduced by
jtulach@258:      * the compiler; returns {@code false} otherwise.
jtulach@258:      *
jtulach@258:      * @return true if and only if this member was introduced by
jtulach@258:      * the compiler.
jtulach@258:      * @since 1.5
jtulach@258:      */
jtulach@258:     public boolean isSynthetic();
jtulach@258: }