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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  */
39 public
40 interface Member {
41 
42     /**
43      * Identifies the set of all public members of a class or interface,
44      * including inherited members.
45      * @see java.lang.SecurityManager#checkMemberAccess
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      * @see java.lang.SecurityManager#checkMemberAccess
53      */
54     public static final int DECLARED = 1;
55 
56     /**
57      * Returns the Class object representing the class or interface
58      * that declares the member or constructor represented by this Member.
59      *
60      * @return an object representing the declaring class of the
61      * underlying member
62      */
getDeclaringClass()63     public Class<?> getDeclaringClass();
64 
65     /**
66      * Returns the simple name of the underlying member or constructor
67      * represented by this Member.
68      *
69      * @return the simple name of the underlying member
70      */
getName()71     public String getName();
72 
73     /**
74      * Returns the Java language modifiers for the member or
75      * constructor represented by this Member, as an integer.  The
76      * Modifier class should be used to decode the modifiers in
77      * the integer.
78      *
79      * @return the Java language modifiers for the underlying member
80      * @see Modifier
81      */
getModifiers()82     public int getModifiers();
83 
84     /**
85      * Returns {@code true} if this member was introduced by
86      * the compiler; returns {@code false} otherwise.
87      *
88      * @return true if and only if this member was introduced by
89      * the compiler.
90      * @since 1.5
91      */
isSynthetic()92     public boolean isSynthetic();
93 }
94