# EnumType.java

    /*
     * Copyright (c) 2009, Rickard Öberg. All Rights Reserved.
     *
     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
     * You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     * limitations under the License.
     *
     */
    package org.qi4j.api.type;

    import java.lang.reflect.Type;

    /**
     * Enum ValueType.
     */
    public final class EnumType
        extends ValueType
    {

        public static boolean isEnum( Type type )
        {
            if( type instanceof Class )
            {
                Class<?> typeClass = (Class) type;
                return ( typeClass.isEnum() );
            }
            return false;
        }

        public static EnumType of( Class<?> type )
        {
            return new EnumType( type );
        }

        public EnumType( Class<?> type )
        {
            super( type );
            if( !isEnum( type ) )
            {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException( type + " is not an Enum." );
            }
        }
    }