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package net.sf.qualitytest;

/**
 * Utility class to work with modifiers in the Java Reflection API.
 * 
 * @author Dominik Seichter
 * 
 */
public final class ModifierBits {

	/**
	 * Tests if a certain modifier is set into a bitmask.
	 * 
	 * @param modifiers
	 *            bitmask of modifiers
	 * @param modifier
	 *            bit of the modifier to be queried
	 * @return true if the bit is set
	 */
	public static boolean isModifierBitSet(final int modifiers, final int modifier) {
		return (modifiers & modifier) == modifier;
	}

	/**
	 * Attention: This class is not intended to create objects from it.
	 */
	private ModifierBits() {
		// This class is not intended to create objects from it.
	}

}