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## InspectionOptions interface

Options for inspection

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
export interface InspectionOptions 
```

## Properties

|  Property | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  [ownMetadataOnly?](./metadata.inspectionoptions.ownmetadataonly.md) | boolean | <i>(Optional)</i> Only inspect own metadata of a given target. The prototype chain will not be checked. The implementation uses <code>Reflect.getOwnMetadata()</code> if the flag is set to <code>true</code>. Otherwise, it uses <code>Reflect.getMetadata()</code>.<!-- -->The flag is <code>false</code> by default for <code>MetadataInspector</code>. |