java.lang.reflect

Interface Member

public interface Member

Member is an interface that represents any member of a class (field or method) or a constructor. You can get information about the declaring class, name or modifiers of the member with this interface.

Since: 1.1

See Also: Class Field Method Constructor

UNKNOWN: updated to 1.4

Field Summary
int	DECLARED Represents all members, whether public, private, protected or package-protected, but only which are declared in this class.
int	PUBLIC Represents public members only, but includes all inherited members.

Method Summary
Class	getDeclaringClass() Gets the class that declared this member.
int	getModifiers() Gets the modifiers this member uses.
String	getName() Gets the simple name of this member.
boolean	isSynthetic() Return true if this member is synthetic, meaning that it was created by the compiler and does not appear in the user's source code.

Field Detail

DECLARED

public int DECLARED

Represents all members, whether public, private, protected or package-protected, but only which are declared in this class. Used in SecurityManager.checkMemberAccess() to determine the type of members to access.

PUBLIC

public int PUBLIC

Represents public members only, but includes all inherited members. Used in SecurityManager.checkMemberAccess() to determine the type of members to access.

Method Detail

getDeclaringClass

public Class getDeclaringClass()

Gets the class that declared this member. This is not the class where this method was called, or even the class where this Member object came to life, but the class that declares the member this represents.

Returns: the class that declared this member

getModifiers

public int getModifiers()

Gets the modifiers this member uses. Use the Modifier class to interpret the values.

Returns: an integer representing the modifiers to this Member

getName

public String getName()

Gets the simple name of this member. This will be a valid Java identifier, with no qualification.

Returns: the name of this member

isSynthetic

public boolean isSynthetic()

Return true if this member is synthetic, meaning that it was created by the compiler and does not appear in the user's source code.

Returns: true if the member is synthetic

Since: 1.5