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package java.lang.reflect;

/**
 * Member is an interface that reflects identifying information about
 * a single member (a field or a method) or a constructor.
 *
 * @see java.lang.Class
 * @see Field
 * @see Method
 * @see Constructor
 *
 * @author Nakul Saraiya
 */
public
interface Member {

    /**
     * Identifies the set of all public members of a class or interface,
     * including inherited members.
     * @see java.lang.SecurityManager#checkMemberAccess
     */
    public static final int PUBLIC = 0;

    /**
     * Identifies the set of declared members of a class or interface.
     * Inherited members are not included.
     * @see java.lang.SecurityManager#checkMemberAccess
     */
    public static final int DECLARED = 1;

    /**
     * Returns the Class object representing the class or interface
     * that declares the member or constructor represented by this Member.
     *
     * @return an object representing the declaring class of the
     * underlying member
     */
    public Class getDeclaringClass();

    /**
     * Returns the simple name of the underlying member or constructor
     * represented by this Member.
     * 
     * @return the simple name of the underlying member
     */
    public String getName();

    /**
     * Returns the Java language modifiers for the member or
     * constructor represented by this Member, as an integer.  The
     * Modifier class should be used to decode the modifiers in
     * the integer.
     * 
     * @return the Java language modifiers for the underlying member
     * @see Modifier
     */
    public int getModifiers();

    /**
     * Returns true if this member was introduced by
     * the compiler; returns false otherwise.
     *
     * @return true if and only if this member was introduced by
     * the compiler.
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public boolean isSynthetic();
}