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  package java.lang.reflect;
  
  /**
   * Member is an interface that reflects identifying information about
   * a single member (a field or a method) or a constructor.
   *
   * @see Class
   * @see Field
   * @see Method
   * @see Constructor
   *
   * @author Nakul Saraiya
   */
  public
  interface Member {
  
      /**
       * Identifies the set of all public members of a class or interface,
       * including inherited members.
       */
      public static final int PUBLIC = 0;
  
      /**
       * Identifies the set of declared members of a class or interface.
       * Inherited members are not included.
       */
      public static final int DECLARED = 1;
  
      /**
       * Returns the Class object representing the class or interface
       * that declares the member or constructor represented by this Member.
       *
       * @return an object representing the declaring class of the
       * underlying member
       */
      public Class<?> getDeclaringClass();
  
      /**
       * Returns the simple name of the underlying member or constructor
       * represented by this Member.
       *
       * @return the simple name of the underlying member
       */
      public String getName();
  
      /**
       * 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.
       *
       * @return the Java language modifiers for the underlying member
       * @see Modifier
       */
      public int getModifiers();
  
      /**
       * Returns {@code true} if this member was introduced by
       * the compiler; returns {@code false} otherwise.
       *
       * @return true if and only if this member was introduced by
       * the compiler.
       * @jls 13.1 The Form of a Binary
       * @since 1.5
       */
      public boolean isSynthetic();
  }
  