Member (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)

• 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.
See Also:
Class, Field, Method, Constructor

• • Field Summary

  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.

  • Method Summary

  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract 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.

• • Field Detail

     * #### 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](../../../constant-values.html#java.lang.reflect.Member.PUBLIC)  
     * #### 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](../../../constant-values.html#java.lang.reflect.Member.DECLARED)  

  • Method Detail

    * #### getDeclaringClass  
    [Class](../../../java/lang/Class.html "class in java.lang")<?> 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](../../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") 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](../../../java/lang/reflect/Modifier.html "class in java.lang.reflect")  
    * #### 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  
    See  The Java™ Language Specification:  
    13.1 The Form of a Binary

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