uk.ac.starlink.array

Class AccessMode

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.starlink.array.AccessMode

public class AccessMode
extends Object

Access mode identifier. Objects in this class are used to indicate what kind of access is required for a requested array object. This class exemplifies the typesafe enum pattern -- the only possible instances are supplied as static final fields of the class, and these instances are immutable.

Author:

Mark Taylor (Starlink)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static AccessMode	READ Object representing read-only access.
static AccessMode	UPDATE Object representing update (read and write) access.
static AccessMode	WRITE Object representing write-only access.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isReadable() Indicates whether this mode includes read access.
boolean	isWritable() Indicates whether this mode includes write access.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

READ

public static final AccessMode READ

Object representing read-only access.

UPDATE

public static final AccessMode UPDATE

Object representing update (read and write) access.

WRITE

public static final AccessMode WRITE

Object representing write-only access.

Method Detail

isReadable

public boolean isReadable()

Indicates whether this mode includes read access.

Returns:

true for READ and UPDATE, false for WRITE

isWritable

public boolean isWritable()

Indicates whether this mode includes write access.

Returns:

true for WRITE and UPDATE, false for READ

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object