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package io.micronaut.inject.ast;

/**
 * A member element is an element that is contained within a {@link ClassElement}.
 * The {@link #getDeclaringType()} method returns the class that declares the element.
 *
 * @author graemerocher
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface MemberElement extends Element {

    /**
     * @return The declaring type of the element.
     */
    ClassElement getDeclaringType();

    /**
     * The owing type is the type that owns this element. This can differ from {@link #getDeclaringType()}
     * in the case of inheritance since this method will return the subclass that owners the inherited member,
     * whilst {@link #getDeclaringType()} will return the super class that declares the type.
     *
     * @return The owning type.
     */
    default ClassElement getOwningType() {
        return getDeclaringType();
    }
}