Package org.molgenis.vibe.core.formats

Interface EnumTypeDefiner

All Known Implementing Classes:

GeneDiseaseCombinationType, PhenotypesRetrieverFactory

public interface EnumTypeDefiner

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getId()
static <T extends Enum & EnumTypeDefiner> T	retrieve(String id, Class<T> type)	Retrieves Enum type based on a given String (using getId() for comparison).

Method Detail

getId

String getId()

retrieve

static <T extends Enum & EnumTypeDefiner> T retrieve(String id,
                                                     Class<T> type)
                                              throws EnumConstantNotPresentException,
                                                     IllegalArgumentException

Retrieves Enum type based on a given String (using getId() for comparison). Ignores case during comparison. Any null values (either as parameter or from the Enum types used for comparison) will be ignored.

Parameters:

id - the name that is linked to a specific Enum type

type - the Enum class for which the the type should be retrieved

Returns:

the Enum type that matched with id

Throws:

EnumConstantNotPresentException - if Enum type does not exist (no match was found) or the id is null

IllegalArgumentException - if type is null