edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove

Enum PropertyArity

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<PropertyArity>

edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.PropertyArity

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<PropertyArity>

public enum PropertyArity
extends Enum<PropertyArity>

This class represents the arity (structure type) of a Property. Applications will not create or modify PropertyArities, but will use one of the predefined PropertyArity instances ARRAY, LIST, MAP, SCALAR, or SET.

See Also:

Property

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
ARRAY An Arity corresponding to a Java array.
LIST An Arity corresponding to java.util.List or any of its derived classes.
MAP An Arity corresponding to java.util.Map or any of its derived classes.
SCALAR An Arity corresponding to a simple object, which must be of a type corresponding to one of the instances of PropertyType.
SET An Arity corresponding to java.util.Set or any of its derived classes.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
String	name A String name for the Arity, used for reporting.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	toString()
static PropertyArity	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static PropertyArity[]	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

ARRAY

public static final PropertyArity ARRAY

An Arity corresponding to a Java array. For the Java types Integer, Boolean, Byte, Character, Double, Float, Long, and Short, a Property with arity ARRAY is an array of primitive Java types rather than Objects (e.g., int rather than Integer).

LIST

public static final PropertyArity LIST

An Arity corresponding to java.util.List or any of its derived classes.

MAP

public static final PropertyArity MAP

An Arity corresponding to java.util.Map or any of its derived classes.

SCALAR

public static final PropertyArity SCALAR

An Arity corresponding to a simple object, which must be of a type corresponding to one of the instances of PropertyType.

SET

public static final PropertyArity SET

An Arity corresponding to java.util.Set or any of its derived classes.

Field Detail

name

public final String name

A String name for the Arity, used for reporting.

Method Detail

values

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

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static PropertyArity 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

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Enum<PropertyArity>