org.odpi.openmetadata.repositoryservices.connectors.stores.metadatacollectionstore.properties

Enum SequencingOrder

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<SequencingOrder>

org.odpi.openmetadata.repositoryservices.connectors.stores.metadatacollectionstore.properties.SequencingOrder

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<SequencingOrder>

public enum SequencingOrder
extends Enum<SequencingOrder>
implements Serializable

SequencingOrder is used for search requests against a metadata collection. It defines how the results should to be ordered before they are returned. This is particularly important when the results are to returned over multiple pages since the caller does not have all of the results at once to perform the sort themselves. The sequencing order values are:

• ANY: return the results in any order. This is default.
• GUID: return in GUID sequence. This is used when the caller just needs a consistent order in the order that results are returned.
• CREATION_DATE_RECENT: return in the order that the elements were created with the most recent ones first.
• CREATION_DATE_OLDEST: return in the order that the elements were created with the oldest ones first.
• LAST_UPDATE_RECENT: return in the order of the latest update with the most recent first.
• LAST_UPDATE_OLDEST: return in the order of the latest update with the oldest first.
• PROPERTY_ASCENDING: return in ascending order of the values in a sequencing property. The sequencing property will be supplied as a parameter.
• PROPERTY_DESCENDING: return in descending order of the values in a sequencing property. The sequencing property will be supplied as a parameter.

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
ANY
CREATION_DATE_OLDEST
CREATION_DATE_RECENT
GUID
LAST_UPDATE_OLDEST
LAST_UPDATE_RECENT
PROPERTY_ASCENDING
PROPERTY_DESCENDING

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getDescription() Return the default description of the sequencing order.
String	getName() Return the default name of the sequencing order.
int	getOrdinal() Return the numeric representation of the sequencing order.
String	toString() toString() JSON-style
static SequencingOrder	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static SequencingOrder[]	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, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

ANY

public static final SequencingOrder ANY

GUID

public static final SequencingOrder GUID

CREATION_DATE_RECENT

public static final SequencingOrder CREATION_DATE_RECENT

CREATION_DATE_OLDEST

public static final SequencingOrder CREATION_DATE_OLDEST

LAST_UPDATE_RECENT

public static final SequencingOrder LAST_UPDATE_RECENT

LAST_UPDATE_OLDEST

public static final SequencingOrder LAST_UPDATE_OLDEST

PROPERTY_ASCENDING

public static final SequencingOrder PROPERTY_ASCENDING

PROPERTY_DESCENDING

public static final SequencingOrder PROPERTY_DESCENDING

Method Detail

values

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

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static SequencingOrder 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

getOrdinal

public int getOrdinal()

Return the numeric representation of the sequencing order.

Returns:

int ordinal

getName

public String getName()

Return the default name of the sequencing order.

Returns:

String name

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Return the default description of the sequencing order.

Returns:

String description

toString

public String toString()

toString() JSON-style

Overrides:

toString in class Enum<SequencingOrder>

Returns:

string description