Enum Gender

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<Gender>

com.lokalized.Gender

All Implemented Interfaces:

LanguageForm, Serializable, Comparable<Gender>, Constable

public enum Gender
extends Enum<Gender>
implements LanguageForm

Language gender 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
COMMON	Common gender (masculine + feminine), e.g.
FEMININE	Feminine gender.
MASCULINE	Masculine gender.
NEUTER	Neutral/unspecified gender.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Gender	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static Gender[]	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

MASCULINE

public static final Gender MASCULINE

Masculine gender.

FEMININE

public static final Gender FEMININE

Feminine gender.

COMMON

public static final Gender COMMON

Common gender (masculine + feminine), e.g. Swedish/Danish/Dutch "en" words.

NEUTER

public static final Gender NEUTER

Neutral/unspecified gender.

Method Details

values

public static Gender[] 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 Gender 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