/*
 * 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." );
        }
    }
}