/* MemberDoc.java -- Common ops for documenting fields, methods, and constructors
   Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
This file is part of the com.sun.javadoc implementation of GNU Classpath.
 
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package com.sun.javadoc;

/**
  * This is the common super-interface for documentation about fields,
  * methods, and constructors.
  */
public interface MemberDoc extends ProgramElementDoc
{

  /**
    * This method tests whether the member in question was created implicitly
    * by the compiler.
    *
    * @return <code>true</code> if this member was synthesized by the compiler,
    * </code>false</code> otherwise.
    */
  public abstract boolean
  isSynthetic();

} // interface MemberDoc