| J. Duke | 319a3b9 | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | /* |
| 2 | * Copyright 1996-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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| 4 | * |
| 5 | * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it |
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| 8 | * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided |
| 9 | * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. |
| 10 | * |
| 11 | * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT |
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| 13 | * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License |
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| 16 | * |
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| 19 | * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. |
| 20 | * |
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| 24 | */ |
| 25 | |
| 26 | package java.lang.reflect; |
| 27 | |
| 28 | /** |
| 29 | * Member is an interface that reflects identifying information about |
| 30 | * a single member (a field or a method) or a constructor. |
| 31 | * |
| 32 | * @see java.lang.Class |
| 33 | * @see Field |
| 34 | * @see Method |
| 35 | * @see Constructor |
| 36 | * |
| 37 | * @author Nakul Saraiya |
| 38 | */ |
| 39 | public |
| 40 | interface Member { |
| 41 | |
| 42 | /** |
| 43 | * Identifies the set of all public members of a class or interface, |
| 44 | * including inherited members. |
| 45 | * @see java.lang.SecurityManager#checkMemberAccess |
| 46 | */ |
| 47 | public static final int PUBLIC = 0; |
| 48 | |
| 49 | /** |
| 50 | * Identifies the set of declared members of a class or interface. |
| 51 | * Inherited members are not included. |
| 52 | * @see java.lang.SecurityManager#checkMemberAccess |
| 53 | */ |
| 54 | public static final int DECLARED = 1; |
| 55 | |
| 56 | /** |
| 57 | * Returns the Class object representing the class or interface |
| 58 | * that declares the member or constructor represented by this Member. |
| 59 | * |
| 60 | * @return an object representing the declaring class of the |
| 61 | * underlying member |
| 62 | */ |
| 63 | public Class<?> getDeclaringClass(); |
| 64 | |
| 65 | /** |
| 66 | * Returns the simple name of the underlying member or constructor |
| 67 | * represented by this Member. |
| 68 | * |
| 69 | * @return the simple name of the underlying member |
| 70 | */ |
| 71 | public String getName(); |
| 72 | |
| 73 | /** |
| 74 | * Returns the Java language modifiers for the member or |
| 75 | * constructor represented by this Member, as an integer. The |
| 76 | * Modifier class should be used to decode the modifiers in |
| 77 | * the integer. |
| 78 | * |
| 79 | * @return the Java language modifiers for the underlying member |
| 80 | * @see Modifier |
| 81 | */ |
| 82 | public int getModifiers(); |
| 83 | |
| 84 | /** |
| 85 | * Returns {@code true} if this member was introduced by |
| 86 | * the compiler; returns {@code false} otherwise. |
| 87 | * |
| 88 | * @return true if and only if this member was introduced by |
| 89 | * the compiler. |
| 90 | * @since 1.5 |
| 91 | */ |
| 92 | public boolean isSynthetic(); |
| 93 | } |