Enum Definiteness

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<Definiteness>

com.lokalized.Definiteness

All Implemented Interfaces:

LanguageForm, Serializable, Comparable<Definiteness>, Constable

public enum Definiteness
extends Enum<Definiteness>
implements LanguageForm

Definiteness forms.

Author:

Mark Allen

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
CONSTRUCT	Construct or bound-state form used by languages such as Arabic and Hebrew.
DEFINITE	Definite form, such as "the book" or Arabic nouns with the definite article.
INDEFINITE	Indefinite form, such as "a book".

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class Enum

compareTo, describeConstable, equals, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

DEFINITE

public static final Definiteness DEFINITE

Definite form, such as "the book" or Arabic nouns with the definite article.

INDEFINITE

public static final Definiteness INDEFINITE

Indefinite form, such as "a book".

CONSTRUCT

public static final Definiteness CONSTRUCT

Construct or bound-state form used by languages such as Arabic and Hebrew.

Method Details

values

public static Definiteness[] 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

valueOf

public static Definiteness valueOf(String name)

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 name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null