FactType (GEDCOM X - Model 2.1.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- java.lang.Enum<FactType>
- - org.gedcomx.types.FactType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<FactType>, ControlledVocabulary
```
public enum FactType
extends Enum<FactType>
implements ControlledVocabulary
```
Enumeration of standard fact types.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Class and Description
`static class`	`FactType.Couple`
`static class`	`FactType.ParentChild`
`static class`	`FactType.Person` Enumeration of types that are applicable to a person.

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants
Enum Constant and Description
`Adoption` A fact of a person's adoption.
`AdoptiveParent` A fact about an adoptive relationship between a parent an a child.
`AdultChristening` A fact of a person's christening as an adult.
`Amnesty` A fact of a person's amnesty.
`Annulment` The fact of an annulment of a marriage.
`Apprenticeship` A fact of a person's apprenticeship.
`Arrest` A fact of a person's arrest.
`Baptism` A fact of a person's baptism.
`BarMitzvah` A fact of a person's bar mitzvah.
`BatMitzvah` A fact of a person's bat mitzvah.
`BiologicalParent` A fact the biological relationship between a parent and a child.
`Birth` A fact of a person's birth.
`Blessing` A fact of an official blessing received by a person, such as at the hands of a clergy member or at another religious rite.
`Burial` A fact of the burial of person's body after death.
`Caste` A fact of a person's caste.
`Census` A fact of a person's participation in a census.
`Christening` A fact of a person's christening at birth.
`Circumcision` A fact of a person's circumcision.
`CivilUnion` The fact of a civil union.
`Clan` A fact of a person's clan.
`CommonLawMarriage` The fact of a marriage by common law.
`Confirmation` A fact of a person's confirmation (or other rite of initiation) in a church or religion.
`Court` A fact of the appearance of a person in a court proceeding.
`Cremation` A fact of the cremation of person's body after death.
`Death` A fact of the death of a person.
`Divorce` The fact of a divorce of a couple.
`DivorceFiling` The fact of a filing for divorce.
`DomesticPartnership` The fact of a domestic partnership.
`Education` A fact of an education of a person.
`EducationEnrollment` A fact of a person's enrollment in an educational program or institution.
`Emigration` A fact of the emigration of a person.
`Engagement` The fact of an engagement to be married.
`Ethnicity` A fact of a person's ethnicity or race.
`Excommunication` A fact of a person's excommunication from a church.
`FirstCommunion` A fact of a person's first communion in a church.
`FosterParent` A fact about a foster relationship between a foster parent and a child.
`Funeral` A fact of a person's funeral.
`GenderChange` A fact of a person's gender change.
`Graduation` A fact of a person's graduation from a scholastic institution.
`GuardianParent` A fact about a legal guardianship between a parent and a child.
`Immigration` A fact of a person's immigration.
`Imprisonment` A fact of a person's imprisonment.
`Inquest` A legal inquest.
`LandTransaction` A fact of a land transaction enacted by a person.
`Language` A fact of a language spoken by a person.
`Living` A fact of a record of a person's living for a specific period.
`MaritalStatus` A fact of a person's marital status.
`Marriage` The fact of a marriage.
`MarriageBanns` The fact of a marriage banns.
`MarriageContract` The fact of a marriage contract.
`MarriageLicense` The fact of a marriage license.
`MarriageNotice` The fact of a marriage notice.
`Medical` A fact of a person's medical record, such as for an illness or hospital stay.
`MilitaryAward` A fact of a person's military award.
`MilitaryDischarge` A fact of a person's military discharge.
`MilitaryDraftRegistration` A fact of a person's registration for a military draft.
`MilitaryInduction` A fact of a person's military induction.
`MilitaryService` A fact of a person's militray service.
`Mission` A fact of a person's church mission.
`MoveFrom` A fact of a person's move (i.e.
`MoveTo` A fact of a person's move (i.e.
`MultipleBirth` A fact that a person was born as part of a multiple birth (e.g.
`NationalId` A fact of a person's national id (e.g.
`Nationality` A fact of a person's nationality.
`Naturalization` A fact of a person's naturalization (i.e.
`NumberOfChildren` A fact of the number of children of a person or relationship.
`NumberOfMarriages` A fact of a person's number of marriages.
`Obituary` A fact of a person's obituary.
`Occupation` A fact of a person's occupation or employment.
`Ordination` A fact of a person's ordination to a stewardship in a church.
`OTHER`
`Pardon` A fact of a person's legal pardon.
`PhysicalDescription` A fact of a person's physical description.
`Probate` A fact of a receipt of probate of a person's property.
`Property` A fact of a person's property or possessions.
`Religion` A fact of a person's religion.
`Residence` A fact of a person's residence.
`Retirement` A fact of a person's retirement.
`Separation` A fact of a couple's separation.
`SociologicalParent` A fact about a sociological relationship between a parent and a child, but not definable in typical legal or biological terms.
`StepParent` A fact about the step relationship between a parent and a child.
`Stillbirth` A fact of a person's stillbirth.
`TaxAssessment` A fact of a person's tax assessment.
`Visit` A fact of a person's visit to a place different from the person's residence.
`Will` A fact of a person's will.
`Yahrzeit` A fact of a person's _yahrzeit_ date.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static Set<FactType>`	`BIRTHLIKE_FACT_TYPES`
`static Set<FactType>`	`DEATHLIKE_FACT_TYPES`
`static Set<FactType>`	`DIVORCELIKE_FACT_TYPES`
`static Set<FactType>`	`MARRIAGELIKE_FACT_TYPES`
`static Set<FactType>`	`MIGRATIONLIKE_FACT_TYPES`

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`static FactType`	`fromQNameURI(URI qname)` Get the enumeration from the QName.
`boolean`	`isBirthLike()`
`boolean`	`isDeathLike()`
`boolean`	`isDivorceLike()`
`boolean`	`isMarriageLike()`
`boolean`	`isMigrationLike()`
`URI`	`toQNameURI()` Return the QName value for this enum.
`static FactType`	`valueOf(String name)` Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
`static FactType[]`	`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
  - Adoption
```
public static final FactType Adoption
```
    A fact of a person's adoption. In the context of a parent-child relationship, it describes a fact of the adoption of a child by a parent.
  - AdultChristening
```
public static final FactType AdultChristening
```
    A fact of a person's christening as an adult.
  - Amnesty
```
public static final FactType Amnesty
```
    A fact of a person's amnesty.
  - Apprenticeship
```
public static final FactType Apprenticeship
```
    A fact of a person's apprenticeship.
  - Arrest
```
public static final FactType Arrest
```
    A fact of a person's arrest.
  - Baptism
```
public static final FactType Baptism
```
    A fact of a person's baptism.
  - BarMitzvah
```
public static final FactType BarMitzvah
```
    A fact of a person's bar mitzvah.
  - BatMitzvah
```
public static final FactType BatMitzvah
```
    A fact of a person's bat mitzvah.
  - Birth
```
public static final FactType Birth
```
    A fact of a person's birth.
  - Blessing
```
public static final FactType Blessing
```
    A fact of an official blessing received by a person, such as at the hands of a clergy member or at another religious rite.
  - Burial
```
public static final FactType Burial
```
    A fact of the burial of person's body after death.
  - Caste
```
public static final FactType Caste
```
    A fact of a person's caste.
  - Census
```
public static final FactType Census
```
    A fact of a person's participation in a census.
  - Christening
```
public static final FactType Christening
```
    A fact of a person's christening *at birth*. Note: use `AdultChristening` for the christening as an adult.
  - Circumcision
```
public static final FactType Circumcision
```
    A fact of a person's circumcision.
  - Clan
```
public static final FactType Clan
```
    A fact of a person's clan.
  - Confirmation
```
public static final FactType Confirmation
```
    A fact of a person's confirmation (or other rite of initiation) in a church or religion.
  - Cremation
```
public static final FactType Cremation
```
    A fact of the cremation of person's body after death.
  - Court
```
public static final FactType Court
```
    A fact of the appearance of a person in a court proceeding.
  - Death
```
public static final FactType Death
```
    A fact of the death of a person.
  - Education
```
public static final FactType Education
```
    A fact of an education of a person.
  - EducationEnrollment
```
public static final FactType EducationEnrollment
```
    A fact of a person's enrollment in an educational program or institution.
  - Emigration
```
public static final FactType Emigration
```
    A fact of the emigration of a person.
  - Ethnicity
```
public static final FactType Ethnicity
```
    A fact of a person's ethnicity or race.
  - Excommunication
```
public static final FactType Excommunication
```
    A fact of a person's excommunication from a church.
  - FirstCommunion
```
public static final FactType FirstCommunion
```
    A fact of a person's first communion in a church.
  - Funeral
```
public static final FactType Funeral
```
    A fact of a person's funeral.
  - GenderChange
```
public static final FactType GenderChange
```
    A fact of a person's gender change.
  - Graduation
```
public static final FactType Graduation
```
    A fact of a person's graduation from a scholastic institution.
  - Immigration
```
public static final FactType Immigration
```
    A fact of a person's immigration.
  - Imprisonment
```
public static final FactType Imprisonment
```
    A fact of a person's imprisonment.
  - Inquest
```
public static final FactType Inquest
```
    A legal inquest. Inquests usually only occur when there’s something suspicious about the death. Inquests might in some instances lead to a murder investigation. Most people that die have a death certificate wherein a doctor indicates the cause of death and often indicates when the decedent was last seen by that physician; these require no inquest.
  - LandTransaction
```
public static final FactType LandTransaction
```
    A fact of a land transaction enacted by a person.
  - Language
```
public static final FactType Language
```
    A fact of a language spoken by a person.
  - Living
```
public static final FactType Living
```
    A fact of a record of a person's living for a specific period. This is designed to include "flourish", defined to mean the time period in an adult's life where he was most productive, perhaps as a writer or member of the state assembly. It does not reflect the person's birth and death dates.
  - MaritalStatus
```
public static final FactType MaritalStatus
```
    A fact of a person's marital status.
  - Medical
```
public static final FactType Medical
```
    A fact of a person's medical record, such as for an illness or hospital stay.
  - MilitaryAward
```
public static final FactType MilitaryAward
```
    A fact of a person's military award.
  - MilitaryDischarge
```
public static final FactType MilitaryDischarge
```
    A fact of a person's military discharge.
  - MilitaryDraftRegistration
```
public static final FactType MilitaryDraftRegistration
```
    A fact of a person's registration for a military draft.
  - MilitaryInduction
```
public static final FactType MilitaryInduction
```
    A fact of a person's military induction.
  - MilitaryService
```
public static final FactType MilitaryService
```
    A fact of a person's militray service.
  - Mission
```
public static final FactType Mission
```
    A fact of a person's church mission.
  - MoveFrom
```
public static final FactType MoveFrom
```
    A fact of a person's move (i.e. change of residence) from a location.
  - MoveTo
```
public static final FactType MoveTo
```
    A fact of a person's move (i.e. change of residence) to a new location.
  - MultipleBirth
```
public static final FactType MultipleBirth
```
    A fact that a person was born as part of a multiple birth (e.g. twin, triplet, etc.)
  - NationalId
```
public static final FactType NationalId
```
    A fact of a person's national id (e.g. social security number).
  - Nationality
```
public static final FactType Nationality
```
    A fact of a person's nationality.
  - Naturalization
```
public static final FactType Naturalization
```
    A fact of a person's naturalization (i.e. acquisition of citizenship and nationality).
  - NumberOfMarriages
```
public static final FactType NumberOfMarriages
```
    A fact of a person's number of marriages.
  - Obituary
```
public static final FactType Obituary
```
    A fact of a person's obituary.
  - Occupation
```
public static final FactType Occupation
```
    A fact of a person's occupation or employment.
  - Ordination
```
public static final FactType Ordination
```
    A fact of a person's ordination to a stewardship in a church.
  - Pardon
```
public static final FactType Pardon
```
    A fact of a person's legal pardon.
  - PhysicalDescription
```
public static final FactType PhysicalDescription
```
    A fact of a person's physical description.
  - Probate
```
public static final FactType Probate
```
    A fact of a receipt of probate of a person's property.
  - Property
```
public static final FactType Property
```
    A fact of a person's property or possessions.
  - Religion
```
public static final FactType Religion
```
    A fact of a person's religion.
  - Residence
```
public static final FactType Residence
```
    A fact of a person's residence.
  - Retirement
```
public static final FactType Retirement
```
    A fact of a person's retirement.
  - Stillbirth
```
public static final FactType Stillbirth
```
    A fact of a person's stillbirth.
  - TaxAssessment
```
public static final FactType TaxAssessment
```
    A fact of a person's tax assessment.
  - Will
```
public static final FactType Will
```
    A fact of a person's will.
  - Visit
```
public static final FactType Visit
```
    A fact of a person's visit to a place different from the person's residence.
  - Yahrzeit
```
public static final FactType Yahrzeit
```
    A fact of a person's _yahrzeit_ date. A person's yahzeit is the anniversary of their death as measured by the Hebrew calendar.
  - Annulment
```
public static final FactType Annulment
```
    The fact of an annulment of a marriage.
  - CommonLawMarriage
```
public static final FactType CommonLawMarriage
```
    The fact of a marriage by common law.
  - CivilUnion
```
public static final FactType CivilUnion
```
    The fact of a civil union.
  - Divorce
```
public static final FactType Divorce
```
    The fact of a divorce of a couple.
  - DivorceFiling
```
public static final FactType DivorceFiling
```
    The fact of a filing for divorce.
  - DomesticPartnership
```
public static final FactType DomesticPartnership
```
    The fact of a domestic partnership.
  - Engagement
```
public static final FactType Engagement
```
    The fact of an engagement to be married.
  - Marriage
```
public static final FactType Marriage
```
    The fact of a marriage.
  - MarriageBanns
```
public static final FactType MarriageBanns
```
    The fact of a marriage banns.
  - MarriageContract
```
public static final FactType MarriageContract
```
    The fact of a marriage contract.
  - MarriageLicense
```
public static final FactType MarriageLicense
```
    The fact of a marriage license.
  - MarriageNotice
```
public static final FactType MarriageNotice
```
    The fact of a marriage notice.
  - NumberOfChildren
```
public static final FactType NumberOfChildren
```
    A fact of the number of children of a person or relationship.
  - Separation
```
public static final FactType Separation
```
    A fact of a couple's separation.
  - AdoptiveParent
```
public static final FactType AdoptiveParent
```
    A fact about an adoptive relationship between a parent an a child.
  - BiologicalParent
```
public static final FactType BiologicalParent
```
    A fact the biological relationship between a parent and a child.
  - FosterParent
```
public static final FactType FosterParent
```
    A fact about a foster relationship between a foster parent and a child.
  - GuardianParent
```
public static final FactType GuardianParent
```
    A fact about a legal guardianship between a parent and a child.
  - StepParent
```
public static final FactType StepParent
```
    A fact about the step relationship between a parent and a child.
  - SociologicalParent
```
public static final FactType SociologicalParent
```
    A fact about a sociological relationship between a parent and a child, but not definable in typical legal or biological terms.
  - OTHER
```
public static final FactType OTHER
```
- Field Detail
  - BIRTHLIKE_FACT_TYPES
```
public static final Set<FactType> BIRTHLIKE_FACT_TYPES
```
  - DEATHLIKE_FACT_TYPES
```
public static final Set<FactType> DEATHLIKE_FACT_TYPES
```
  - MARRIAGELIKE_FACT_TYPES
```
public static final Set<FactType> MARRIAGELIKE_FACT_TYPES
```
  - DIVORCELIKE_FACT_TYPES
```
public static final Set<FactType> DIVORCELIKE_FACT_TYPES
```
  - MIGRATIONLIKE_FACT_TYPES
```
public static final Set<FactType> MIGRATIONLIKE_FACT_TYPES
```
- Method Detail
  - values
```
public static FactType[] 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 (FactType c : FactType.values())
    System.out.println(c);
```
    Returns:
    
    an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared
  - valueOf
```
public static FactType 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
  - isBirthLike
```
public boolean isBirthLike()
```
  - isDeathLike
```
public boolean isDeathLike()
```
  - isMarriageLike
```
public boolean isMarriageLike()
```
  - isDivorceLike
```
public boolean isDivorceLike()
```
  - isMigrationLike
```
public boolean isMigrationLike()
```
  - toQNameURI
```
public URI toQNameURI()
```
    Return the QName value for this enum.
    
    Specified by:
    
    toQNameURI in interface ControlledVocabulary
    
    Returns:
    
    The QName value for this enum.
  - fromQNameURI
```
public static FactType fromQNameURI(URI qname)
```
    Get the enumeration from the QName.
    
    Parameters:
    
    qname - The qname.
    
    Returns:
    
    The enumeration.

Enum FactType

Nested Class Summary

Enum Constant Summary

Field Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Enum Constant Detail

Adoption

AdultChristening

Amnesty

Apprenticeship

Arrest

Baptism

BarMitzvah

BatMitzvah

Birth

Blessing

Burial

Caste

Census

Christening

Circumcision

Clan

Confirmation

Cremation

Court

Death

Education

EducationEnrollment

Emigration

Ethnicity

Excommunication

FirstCommunion

Funeral

GenderChange

Graduation

Immigration

Imprisonment

Inquest

LandTransaction

Language

Living

MaritalStatus

Medical

MilitaryAward

MilitaryDischarge

MilitaryDraftRegistration

MilitaryInduction

MilitaryService

Mission

MoveFrom

MoveTo

MultipleBirth

NationalId

Nationality

Naturalization

NumberOfMarriages

Obituary

Occupation

Ordination

Pardon

PhysicalDescription

Probate

Property

Religion

Residence

Retirement

Stillbirth

TaxAssessment

Will

Visit

Yahrzeit

Annulment

CommonLawMarriage

CivilUnion

Divorce

DivorceFiling

DomesticPartnership

Engagement