java.lang.reflect
Interface Member

All Known Implementing Classes:

Constructor, Field, Method

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

Field Summary

static int	DECLARED Represents all members, whether public, private, protected or package-protected, but only which are declared in this class.
static 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.

Field Detail

DECLARED

public static final 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.

See Also:

SecurityManager#checkMemberAccess(), Constant Field Values

PUBLIC

public static final int PUBLIC

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

See Also:

SecurityManager#checkMemberAccess(), Constant Field Values

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

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

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

See Also:

Modifier