- All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
,Comparable<EnumType>
Enumerates available options for mapping enumerated types.
The values of this enumeration specify how a persistent
property or field whose type is a Java
enum
type
should be persisted.- Since:
- 1.0
- See Also:
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Enum Constant Details
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ORDINAL
Persist enumerated type property or field as an integer. The ordinal value of an enum instance with noEnumeratedValue
field is the value of itsEnum.ordinal()
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STRING
Persist enumerated type property or field as a string. The string value of an enum instance with noEnumeratedValue
field is the value of itsEnum.name()
member.
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Constructor Details
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EnumType
private EnumType()
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Method Details
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values
Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.- Returns:
- an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared
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valueOf
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 nameNullPointerException
- if the argument is null
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