Package org.gedcomx.types

Enum IdentifierType

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<IdentifierType>

org.gedcomx.types.IdentifierType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<IdentifierType>, ControlledVocabulary

public enum IdentifierType
extends Enum<IdentifierType>
implements ControlledVocabulary

Enumeration of standard identifier types.

Author:

Ryan Heaton

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
Deprecated	An identifier that has been relegated, deprecated, or otherwise downgraded.
Evidence	An identifier for the evidence that supports the resource.
OTHER
Persistent	An identifier that is considered to be a long-term persistent identifier.
Primary	The primary identifier for the resource.

Method Summary

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

Primary

public static final IdentifierType Primary

The primary identifier for the resource.

Evidence

public static final IdentifierType Evidence

An identifier for the evidence that supports the resource. For example, when a conclusion about a person is extracted, analyzed and evaluated atomically within the context of a single source, it takes the form of a (extracted) person conclusion, and the extracted conclusion may supply an identifier for the person. As all evidence for the person is gathered, the (working) person conclusion identifies the evidence used to support the conclusion by including each evidence identifier in the list of identifiers for the person.

Deprecated

public static final IdentifierType Deprecated

An identifier that has been relegated, deprecated, or otherwise downgraded. This identifier is commonly used as the result of a merge when what was once a primary identifier for a person is no longer primary.

Persistent

public static final IdentifierType Persistent

An identifier that is considered to be a long-term persistent identifier. Applications that provide persistent identifiers are claiming that links to the resource using the identifier won't break.

OTHER

public static final IdentifierType OTHER

Method Detail

values

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

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static IdentifierType 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 IdentifierType fromQNameURI(URI qname)

Get the enumeration from the QName.

Parameters:

qname - The qname.

Returns:

The enumeration.