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

Enum Class AttributeTypeDefCategory

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<AttributeTypeDefCategory>

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<AttributeTypeDefCategory>, Constable

public enum AttributeTypeDefCategory
extends Enum<AttributeTypeDefCategory>
implements Serializable

The AttributeTypeDefCategory defines the list of valid types of an attribute (property) for an open metadata instance.

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
COLLECTION	A collection object.
ENUM_DEF	A pre-defined list of valid values.
PRIMITIVE	A primitive type.
UNKNOWN_DEF	Uninitialized AttributeTypeDef object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getDescription()	Return the default description for the type for this enum instance.
String	getName()	Return the default name for this enum instance.
int	getOrdinal()	Return the code for this enum instance
String	toString()	toString() JSON-style
static AttributeTypeDefCategory	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name.
static AttributeTypeDefCategory[]	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

UNKNOWN_DEF

public static final AttributeTypeDefCategory UNKNOWN_DEF

Uninitialized AttributeTypeDef object.

PRIMITIVE

public static final AttributeTypeDefCategory PRIMITIVE

A primitive type.

COLLECTION

public static final AttributeTypeDefCategory COLLECTION

A collection object.

ENUM_DEF

public static final AttributeTypeDefCategory ENUM_DEF

A pre-defined list of valid values.

Method Details

values

public static AttributeTypeDefCategory[] 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 AttributeTypeDefCategory 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

getOrdinal

public int getOrdinal()

Return the code for this enum instance

Returns:

int type code

getName

public String getName()

Return the default name for this enum instance.

Returns:

String default name

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Return the default description for the type for this enum instance.

Returns:

String default description

toString

public String toString()

toString() JSON-style

Overrides:

toString in class Enum<AttributeTypeDefCategory>

Returns:

string description