Member.java

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package java.lang.reflect;

/**
 * Implementors of this interface model a class member.
 * 
 * @see Field
 * @see Constructor
 * @see Method
 */
public interface Member
{

	public static final int PUBLIC= 0;

	public static final int DECLARED= 1;

	/**
	 * Return the {@link Class} associated with the class that defined this
	 * member.
	 * 
	 * @return the declaring class
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	Class getDeclaringClass();

	/**
	 * Return the modifiers for the member. The Modifier class should be used to
	 * decode the result.
	 * 
	 * @return the modifiers
	 * @see java.lang.reflect.Modifier
	 */
	int getModifiers();

	/**
	 * Return the name of the member.
	 * 
	 * @return the name
	 */
	String getName();

	/**
	 * <p>Indicates whether or not this member is synthetic (artificially introduced by
	 * the compiler).</p>
	 * @return A value of <code>true</code> if synthetic, otherwise <code>false</code>.
	 */
	boolean isSynthetic();
}