Interface Member

All Known Implementing Classes:: Constructor, Executable, Field, Method

public interface Member

Member is an interface that reflects identifying information about a single member (a field or a method) or a constructor.

Since:: 1.1
See Also:: Class, Field, Method, Constructor

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static int`	`DECLARED`	Identifies the set of declared members of a class or interface.
`static int`	`PUBLIC`	Identifies the set of all public members of a class or interface, including inherited members.

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Class<?>`	`getDeclaringClass()`	Returns the Class object representing the class or interface that declares the member or constructor represented by this Member.
`int`	`getModifiers()`	Returns the Java language modifiers for the member or constructor represented by this Member, as an integer.
`String`	`getName()`	Returns the simple name of the underlying member or constructor represented by this Member.
`boolean`	`isSynthetic()`	Returns `true` if this member was introduced by the compiler; returns `false` otherwise.

Fields

PUBLIC

static final int PUBLIC

Identifies the set of all public members of a class or interface, including inherited members.

See Also:: Constant Field Values

DECLARED

static final int DECLARED

Identifies the set of declared members of a class or interface. Inherited members are not included.

See Also:: Constant Field Values

Methods

getDeclaringClass

Class<?> getDeclaringClass()

Returns the Class object representing the class or interface that declares the member or constructor represented by this Member.

Returns:: an object representing the declaring class of the underlying member

getName

String getName()

Returns the simple name of the underlying member or constructor represented by this Member.

Returns:: the simple name of the underlying member

getModifiers

int getModifiers()

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.

Returns:: the Java language modifiers for the underlying member
See Also:: Modifier

isSynthetic

boolean isSynthetic()

Returns true if this member was introduced by the compiler; returns false otherwise.

Returns:: true if and only if this member was introduced by the compiler.
Since:: 1.5

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