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25 
26 package java.lang.reflect;
27 
28 /**
29  * Member is an interface that reflects identifying information about
30  * a single member (a field or a method) or a constructor.
31  *
32  * @see java.lang.Class
33  * @see Field
34  * @see Method
35  * @see Constructor
36  *
37  * @author Nakul Saraiya
38  * @since 1.1
39  */
40 public
41 interface Member {
42 
43     /**
44      * Identifies the set of all public members of a class or interface,
45      * including inherited members.
46      */
47     public static final int PUBLIC = 0;
48 
49     /**
50      * Identifies the set of declared members of a class or interface.
51      * Inherited members are not included.
52      */
53     public static final int DECLARED = 1;
54 
55     /**
56      * Returns the Class object representing the class or interface
57      * that declares the member or constructor represented by this Member.
58      *
59      * @return an object representing the declaring class of the
60      * underlying member
61      */
getDeclaringClass()62     public Class<?> getDeclaringClass();
63 
64     /**
65      * Returns the simple name of the underlying member or constructor
66      * represented by this Member.
67      *
68      * @return the simple name of the underlying member
69      */
getName()70     public String getName();
71 
72     /**
73      * Returns the Java language modifiers for the member or
74      * constructor represented by this Member, as an integer.  The
75      * Modifier class should be used to decode the modifiers in
76      * the integer.
77      *
78      * @return the Java language modifiers for the underlying member
79      * @see Modifier
80      */
getModifiers()81     public int getModifiers();
82 
83     /**
84      * Returns {@code true} if this member was introduced by
85      * the compiler; returns {@code false} otherwise.
86      *
87      * @return true if and only if this member was introduced by
88      * the compiler.
89      * @jls 13.1 The Form of a Binary
90      * @since 1.5
91      */
isSynthetic()92     public boolean isSynthetic();
93 }
94