Enum Constant Detail

• FILE

  public static final Entry.Type FILE

  Regular file. A file usually has some content associated to it which can be read and written using a stream.

• DIRECTORY

  public static final Entry.Type DIRECTORY

  Regular directory. A directory can have other file system entries as members.

• SYMLINK

  public static final Entry.Type SYMLINK

  Symbolic (named) link. A symbolic link refers to another file system entry which could even be located outside the current file system.

• SPECIAL

  public static final Entry.Type SPECIAL

  Special file. A special file is a byte or block oriented interface to an arbitrary I/O device, e.g. a hard disk or a network service.

Method Detail

• values

  public static Entry.Type[] values()

  Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

  for (Entry.Type c : Entry.Type.values())
      System.out.println(c);
  

  Returns:

  an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

• valueOf

  public static Entry.Type valueOf(String name)

  Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

  Returns:

  the enum constant with the specified name

  Throws:

  IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

  NullPointerException - if the argument is null