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package io.micronaut.inject.ast;

A member element is an element that is contained within a ClassElement. The getDeclaringType() method returns the class that declares the element. 
Author:
graemerocher
Since:
1.0/**
 * A member element is an element that is contained within a {@link ClassElement}.
 * The {@link #getDeclaringType()} method returns the class that declares the element.
 *
 * @author graemerocher
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface MemberElement extends Element {

    
Returns:
The declaring type of the element./**
     * @return The declaring type of the element.
     */
    ClassElement getDeclaringType();

    
The owing type is the type that owns this element. This can differ from getDeclaringType() in the case of inheritance since this method will return the subclass that owners the inherited member, whilst getDeclaringType() will return the super class that declares the type. 
Returns:
The owning type./**
     * The owing type is the type that owns this element. This can differ from {@link #getDeclaringType()}
     * in the case of inheritance since this method will return the subclass that owners the inherited member,
     * whilst {@link #getDeclaringType()} will return the super class that declares the type.
     *
     * @return The owning type.
     */
    default ClassElement getOwningType() {
        return getDeclaringType();
    }
}