AssociationKind (org.faktorips.runtime 22.6.0-SNAPSHOT API)

java.lang.Object
- java.lang.Enum<AssociationKind>
- - org.faktorips.runtime.model.type.AssociationKind

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<AssociationKind>
```
public enum AssociationKind
extends java.lang.Enum<AssociationKind>
```
The possible kinds of associations.

See Also:

Association.getAssociationKind()

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants
Enum Constant	Description
`Association`	An association between two elements not in a parent-child-relation.
`Composition`	A parent-child relation
`CompositionToMaster`	A child-parent relation

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static AssociationKind`	`valueOf(java.lang.String name)`	Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
`static AssociationKind[]`	`values()`	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum
clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Enum Constant Detail
  - Association
```
public static final AssociationKind Association
```
    An association between two elements not in a parent-child-relation.
  - Composition
```
public static final AssociationKind Composition
```
    A parent-child relation
  - CompositionToMaster
```
public static final AssociationKind CompositionToMaster
```
    A child-parent relation
- Method Detail
  - values
```
public static AssociationKind[] 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 (AssociationKind c : AssociationKind.values()) System.out.println(c);
    Returns:
    
    an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared
  - valueOf
```
public static AssociationKind valueOf(java.lang.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:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the argument is null