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package com.sun.mirror.declaration;


/**
 * Represents a declaration that may be a member or constructor of a declared
 * type.  This includes fields, constructors, methods, and (since they
 * may be nested) declared types themselves.
 *
 * @deprecated All components of this API have been superseded by the
 * standardized annotation processing API.  The replacement for the
 * functionality of this interface is {@link
 * javax.lang.model.element.Element}.
 *
 * @author Joseph D. Darcy
 * @author Scott Seligman
 * @since 1.5
 */
@Deprecated
@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
public interface MemberDeclaration extends Declaration {

    /**
     * Returns the type declaration within which this member or constructor
     * is declared.
     * If this is the declaration of a top-level type (a non-nested class
     * or interface), returns null.
     *
     * @return the type declaration within which this member or constructor
     * is declared, or null if there is none
     */
    TypeDeclaration getDeclaringType();
}