307     public abstract String toGenericString();
 308 
 309     /**
 310      * Returns {@code true} if this executable was declared to take a
 311      * variable number of arguments; returns {@code false} otherwise.
 312      *
 313      * @return {@code true} if an only if this executable was declared
 314      * to take a variable number of arguments.
 315      */
 316     public boolean isVarArgs()  {
 317         return (getModifiers() & Modifier.VARARGS) != 0;
 318     }
 319 
 320     /**
 321      * Returns {@code true} if this executable is a synthetic
 322      * construct; returns {@code false} otherwise.
 323      *
 324      * @return true if and only if this executable is a synthetic
 325      * construct as defined by
 326      * <cite>The Java&trade; Language Specification</cite>.

 327      */
 328     public boolean isSynthetic() {
 329         return Modifier.isSynthetic(getModifiers());
 330     }
 331 
 332     /**
 333      * Returns an array of arrays that represent the annotations on
 334      * the formal parameters, in declaration order, of the executable
 335      * represented by this object. (Returns an array of length zero if
 336      * the underlying executable is parameterless.  If the executable has
 337      * one or more parameters, a nested array of length zero is
 338      * returned for each parameter with no annotations.) The
 339      * annotation objects contained in the returned arrays are
 340      * serializable.  The caller of this method is free to modify the
 341      * returned arrays; it will have no effect on the arrays returned
 342      * to other callers.
 343      *
 344      * @return an array of arrays that represent the annotations on the formal
 345      *    parameters, in declaration order, of the executable represented by this
 346      *    object

 307     public abstract String toGenericString();
 308 
 309     /**
 310      * Returns {@code true} if this executable was declared to take a
 311      * variable number of arguments; returns {@code false} otherwise.
 312      *
 313      * @return {@code true} if an only if this executable was declared
 314      * to take a variable number of arguments.
 315      */
 316     public boolean isVarArgs()  {
 317         return (getModifiers() & Modifier.VARARGS) != 0;
 318     }
 319 
 320     /**
 321      * Returns {@code true} if this executable is a synthetic
 322      * construct; returns {@code false} otherwise.
 323      *
 324      * @return true if and only if this executable is a synthetic
 325      * construct as defined by
 326      * <cite>The Java&trade; Language Specification</cite>.
 327      * @jls 13.1 The Form of a Binary
 328      */
 329     public boolean isSynthetic() {
 330         return Modifier.isSynthetic(getModifiers());
 331     }
 332 
 333     /**
 334      * Returns an array of arrays that represent the annotations on
 335      * the formal parameters, in declaration order, of the executable
 336      * represented by this object. (Returns an array of length zero if
 337      * the underlying executable is parameterless.  If the executable has
 338      * one or more parameters, a nested array of length zero is
 339      * returned for each parameter with no annotations.) The
 340      * annotation objects contained in the returned arrays are
 341      * serializable.  The caller of this method is free to modify the
 342      * returned arrays; it will have no effect on the arrays returned
 343      * to other callers.
 344      *
 345      * @return an array of arrays that represent the annotations on the formal
 346      *    parameters, in declaration order, of the executable represented by this
 347      *    object