Member

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• The Member interface in Java reflection provides information about a single member (field, method, or constructor) of a class.

• It includes methods to retrieve the declaring class, modifiers, name, and whether the member is synthetic.

• Member has two constants, DECLARED and PUBLIC, used for filtering members.

• Known indirect subclasses of Member include Constructor, Executable, Field, and Method, offering more specific functionalities.

• You can use Member to access and manipulate the structure of classes at runtime.

public interface Member

Known Indirect Subclasses Constructor<T>, Executable, Field, Method Constructor<T> Constructor provides information about, and access to, a single constructor for a class.  Executable A shared superclass for the common functionality of Method and Constructor.  Field A Field provides information about, and dynamic access to, a single field of a class or an interface.  Method A Method provides information about, and access to, a single method on a class or interface.

Member is an interface that reflects identifying information about a single member (a field or a method) or a constructor.

See Also

• Class
• Field
• Method
• Constructor

Constant Summary

int	DECLARED	Identifies the set of declared members of a class or interface.
int	PUBLIC	Identifies the set of all public members of a class or interface, including inherited members.

Public Method Summary

abstract Class<?>	getDeclaringClass() Returns the Class object representing the class or interface that declares the member or constructor represented by this Member.
abstract int	getModifiers() Returns the Java language modifiers for the member or constructor represented by this Member, as an integer.
abstract String	getName() Returns the simple name of the underlying member or constructor represented by this Member.
abstract boolean	isSynthetic() Returns true if this member was introduced by the compiler; returns false otherwise.

Constants

public static final int DECLARED

Identifies the set of declared members of a class or interface. Inherited members are not included.

Constant Value: 1

public static final int PUBLIC

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

Constant Value: 0

Public Methods

public abstract 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

public abstract 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

public abstract String getName ()

Returns the simple name of the underlying member or constructor represented by this Member.

Returns

• the simple name of the underlying member

public abstract 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.