Package org.gedcomx.types

Enum GenderType

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<GenderType>

org.gedcomx.types.GenderType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<GenderType>, ControlledVocabulary

public enum GenderType
extends Enum<GenderType>
implements ControlledVocabulary

Enumeration of known gender types.

Author:

Ryan Heaton

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
Female	Female.
Intersex	Intersex.
Male	Male.
OTHER	Custom
Unknown	Unknown.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static GenderType	fromQNameURI(URI qname)	Get the enumeration from the QName.
URI	toQNameURI()	Return the QName value for this enum.
static GenderType	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static GenderType[]	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

Male

public static final GenderType Male

Male.

Female

public static final GenderType Female

Female.

Intersex

public static final GenderType Intersex

Intersex.

Unknown

public static final GenderType Unknown

Unknown. Note that this should be used strictly as "unknown" and not to indicate a type that is not set or not understood.

OTHER

public static final GenderType OTHER

Custom

Method Detail

values

public static GenderType[] 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 (GenderType c : GenderType.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static GenderType 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

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 GenderType fromQNameURI(URI qname)

Get the enumeration from the QName.

Parameters:

qname - The qname.

Returns:

The enumeration.