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25
26package 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 */
40public
41interface 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     */
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     */
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     */
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     */
92    public boolean isSynthetic();
93}
94