libjava/java/lang/reflect/Member.java

   1 /* java.lang.reflect.Member - common query methods in reflection
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  37
  38
  39 package java.lang.reflect;
  40
  41 /**
  42  * Member is an interface that represents any member of a class (field or
  43  * method) or a constructor. You can get information about the declaring
  44  * class, name or modifiers of the member with this interface.
  45  *
  46  * @author John Keiser
  47  * @author Per Bothner <bothner@cygnus.com>
  48  * @author Eric Blake <ebb9@email.byu.edu>
  49  * @see Class
  50  * @see Field
  51  * @see Method
  52  * @see Constructor
  53  * @since 1.1
  54  * @status updated to 1.4
  55  */
  56 public interface Member
  57 {
  58   /**
  59    * Represents all members, whether public, private, protected or
  60    * package-protected, but only which are declared in this class.
  61    * Used in SecurityManager.checkMemberAccess() to determine the
  62    * type of members to access.
  63    * @see SecurityManager#checkMemberAccess()
  64    */
  65   int DECLARED = 1;
  66
  67   /**
  68    * Represents public members only, but includes all inherited members.
  69    *  Used in SecurityManager.checkMemberAccess() to determine the type of
  70    * members to access.
  71    * @see SecurityManager#checkMemberAccess()
  72    */
  73   int PUBLIC = 0;
  74
  75   /**
  76    * Gets the class that declared this member. This is not the class where
  77    * this method was called, or even the class where this Member object
  78    * came to life, but the class that declares the member this represents.
  79    *
  80    * @return the class that declared this member
  81    */
  82   Class getDeclaringClass();
  83
  84   /**
  85    * Gets the simple name of this member. This will be a valid Java
  86    * identifier, with no qualification.
  87    *
  88    * @return the name of this member
  89    */
  90   String getName();
  91
  92   /**
  93    * Gets the modifiers this member uses.  Use the <code>Modifier</code>
  94    * class to interpret the values.
  95    *
  96    * @return an integer representing the modifiers to this Member
  97    * @see Modifier
  98    */
  99   int getModifiers();
 100 }