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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 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.
*/
public static final int PUBLIC = 0;
/**
* Identifies the set of declared members of a class or interface. Inherited members are not
* included.
*/
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 {@code true} if this member was introduced by the compiler; returns {@code false}
* otherwise.
*
* @return true if and only if this member was introduced by the compiler. jls 13.1 The Form of a
* Binary
* @since 1.5
*/
public boolean isSynthetic();
}