| /* java.lang.reflect.Member - common query methods in reflection |
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| package java.lang.reflect; |
| |
| /** |
| * Member is an interface that represents any member of a class (field or |
| * method) or a constructor. You can get information about the declaring |
| * class, name or modifiers of the member with this interface. |
| * |
| * @author John Keiser |
| * @author Per Bothner (bothner@cygnus.com) |
| * @author Eric Blake (ebb9@email.byu.edu) |
| * @see Class |
| * @see Field |
| * @see Method |
| * @see Constructor |
| * @since 1.1 |
| * @status updated to 1.4 |
| */ |
| public interface Member |
| { |
| /** |
| * Represents all members, whether public, private, protected or |
| * package-protected, but only which are declared in this class. |
| * Used in SecurityManager.checkMemberAccess() to determine the |
| * type of members to access. |
| * @see SecurityManager#checkMemberAccess(Class, int) |
| */ |
| int DECLARED = 1; |
| |
| /** |
| * Represents public members only, but includes all inherited members. |
| * Used in SecurityManager.checkMemberAccess() to determine the type of |
| * members to access. |
| * @see SecurityManager#checkMemberAccess(Class, int) |
| */ |
| int PUBLIC = 0; |
| |
| /** |
| * Gets the class that declared this member. This is not the class where |
| * this method was called, or even the class where this Member object |
| * came to life, but the class that declares the member this represents. |
| * |
| * @return the class that declared this member |
| */ |
| Class getDeclaringClass(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Gets the simple name of this member. This will be a valid Java |
| * identifier, with no qualification. |
| * |
| * @return the name of this member |
| */ |
| String getName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Gets the modifiers this member uses. Use the <code>Modifier</code> |
| * class to interpret the values. |
| * |
| * @return an integer representing the modifiers to this Member |
| * @see Modifier |
| */ |
| int getModifiers(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return true if this member is synthetic, meaning that it was |
| * created by the compiler and does not appear in the user's |
| * source code. |
| * @return true if the member is synthetic |
| * @since 1.5 |
| */ |
| boolean isSynthetic(); |
| } |