What are Bridge and Synthetic methods in Java?

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Published on 2010-05-31T04:37:42Z Indexed on 2010/05/31 4:42 UTC
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Returns : true if and only if this method is a bridge method as defined by the Java Language Specification.
Since: 1.5

Returns: true if and only if this method is a synthetic method as defined by the Java Language Specification.
Since: 1.5

I saw these in my Reflection doc. I saw couple of docs but I couldn't fully understand the usage of them. Could Somebody expalin these methods for a layperson?

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