1. /*

  2.  * @(#)Member.java	1.16 04/02/19

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.

  5.  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.

  6.  */

  7. 

  8. package java.lang.reflect;

  9. 

  10. /**

  11.  * Member is an interface that reflects identifying information about

  12.  * a single member (a field or a method) or a constructor.

  13.  *

  14.  * @see	java.lang.Class

  15.  * @see	Field

  16.  * @see	Method

  17.  * @see	Constructor

  18.  *

  19.  * @author Nakul Saraiya

  20.  */

  21. public

  22. interface Member {

  23. 

  24.     /**

  25.      * Identifies the set of all public members of a class or interface,

  26.      * including inherited members.

  27.      * @see java.lang.SecurityManager#checkMemberAccess

  28.      */

  29.     public static final int PUBLIC = 0;

  30. 

  31.     /**

  32.      * Identifies the set of declared members of a class or interface.

  33.      * Inherited members are not included.

  34.      * @see java.lang.SecurityManager#checkMemberAccess

  35.      */

  36.     public static final int DECLARED = 1;

  37. 

  38.     /**

  39.      * Returns the Class object representing the class or interface

  40.      * that declares the member or constructor represented by this Member.

  41.      *

  42.      * @return an object representing the declaring class of the

  43.      * underlying member

  44.      */

  45.     public Class getDeclaringClass();

  46. 

  47.     /**

  48.      * Returns the simple name of the underlying member or constructor

  49.      * represented by this Member.

  50.      * 

  51.      * @return the simple name of the underlying member

  52.      */

  53.     public String getName();

  54. 

  55.     /**

  56.      * Returns the Java language modifiers for the member or

  57.      * constructor represented by this Member, as an integer.  The

  58.      * Modifier class should be used to decode the modifiers in

  59.      * the integer.

  60.      * 

  61.      * @return the Java language modifiers for the underlying member

  62.      * @see Modifier

  63.      */

  64.     public int getModifiers();

  65. 

  66.     /**

  67.      * Returns <tt>true</tt> if this member was introduced by

  68.      * the compiler; returns <tt>false</tt> otherwise.

  69.      *

  70.      * @return true if and only if this member was introduced by

  71.      * the compiler.

  72.      * @since 1.5

  73.      */

  74.     public boolean isSynthetic();

  75. }