1. Description
2. Field Summary
3. Method Summary
4. Field Details
   1. PUBLIC
   2. DECLARED
5. Method Details
   1. getDeclaringClass()
   2. getName()
   3. getModifiers()
   4. accessFlags()
   5. isSynthetic()

• Field Summary

  Fields
  Modifier and Type

  Field

  Description

  static final int

  DECLARED

  Identifies the set of declared members of a class or interface.

  static final int

  PUBLIC

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

• Method Summary

  All MethodsInstance MethodsAbstract MethodsDefault Methods

  Modifier and Type

  Method

  Description

  default Set<AccessFlag>

  accessFlags()

  Returns an unmodifiable set of the access flags for this member, possibly empty.

  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 Details

  • 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

• Method Details

  • 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
    • accessFlags()

  • accessFlags

    default Set<AccessFlag> accessFlags()

    Returns an unmodifiable set of the access flags for this member, possibly empty.

    Implementation Requirements: The default implementation throws UnsupportedOperationException. Returns: an unmodifiable set of the access flags for this member, possibly empty Since: 20 See Also:

    • getModifiers()

  • 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. See Java Language Specification: 13.1 The Form of a Binary
    Since: 1.5

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