Package edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove

Enum Class SignatureType

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<SignatureType>

edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.SignatureType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<SignatureType>, java.lang.constant.Constable

public enum SignatureType
extends Enum<SignatureType>

This class defines enumerated types for a Signature in a module. Applications will not create or modify SignatureTypes, but will use one of the predefined SignatureType instances EXTENSION, FILETYPE, or MAGIC.

See Also:

• Signature

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E extends Enum<E>>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
EXTENSION	Signature type for a file extension, i.e., a sequence of characters following a period character in a file name.
FILETYPE	Signature type for a Macintosh OS file type.
MAGIC	Signature type for a "magic number" stored in the file.

Field Summary

Fields

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	toString()
static SignatureType	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name.
static SignatureType[]	values()	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

EXTENSION

public static final SignatureType EXTENSION

Signature type for a file extension, i.e., a sequence of characters following a period character in a file name.

FILETYPE

public static final SignatureType FILETYPE

Signature type for a Macintosh OS file type. This applies only to Mac OS files, and is always a four-character code.

MAGIC

public static final SignatureType MAGIC

Signature type for a "magic number" stored in the file.

Field Details

name

public final String name

A String name for the type, used for reporting.

Method Details

values

public static SignatureType[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static SignatureType valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (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 class has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Enum<SignatureType>