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025    
026    package com.sun.mirror.declaration;
027    
028    
029    /**
030     * Represents a declaration that may be a member or constructor of a declared
031     * type.  This includes fields, constructors, methods, and (since they
032     * may be nested) declared types themselves.
033     *
034     * @author Joseph D. Darcy
035     * @author Scott Seligman
036     * @since 1.5
037     */
038    
039    public interface MemberDeclaration extends Declaration {
040    
041        /**
042         * Returns the type declaration within which this member or constructor
043         * is declared.
044         * If this is the declaration of a top-level type (a non-nested class
045         * or interface), returns null.
046         *
047         * @return the type declaration within which this member or constructor
048         * is declared, or null if there is none
049         */
050        TypeDeclaration getDeclaringType();
051    }