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  25 
  26 package com.sun.mirror.declaration;
  27 
  28 
  29 /**
  30  * Represents a declaration that may be a member or constructor of a declared
  31  * type.  This includes fields, constructors, methods, and (since they
  32  * may be nested) declared types themselves.
  33  *
  34  * @deprecated All components of this API have been superseded by the
  35  * standardized annotation processing API.  The replacement for the
  36  * functionality of this interface is {@link
  37  * javax.lang.model.element.Element}.
  38  *
  39  * @author Joseph D. Darcy
  40  * @author Scott Seligman
  41  * @since 1.5
  42  */
  43 @Deprecated
  44 @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
  45 public interface MemberDeclaration extends Declaration {
  46 
  47     /**
  48      * Returns the type declaration within which this member or constructor
  49      * is declared.
  50      * If this is the declaration of a top-level type (a non-nested class
  51      * or interface), returns null.
  52      *
  53      * @return the type declaration within which this member or constructor
  54      * is declared, or null if there is none
  55      */
  56     TypeDeclaration getDeclaringType();
  57 }