uk.ac.starlink.ttools.task

Enum Credibility

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<Credibility>

uk.ac.starlink.ttools.task.Credibility

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Credibility>

public enum Credibility
extends Enum<Credibility>

Defines the credibility of a value. It can be used to indicate how reliable the value is for its intended purpose.

Since:

20 Sep 2017

Author:

Mark Taylor

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
MAYBE May be reliable.
NO Probably or certainly unreliable.
YES Probably or certainly reliable.

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

YES

public static final Credibility YES

Probably or certainly reliable.

MAYBE

public static final Credibility MAYBE

May be reliable.

NO

public static final Credibility NO

Probably or certainly unreliable.

Method Detail

values

public static Credibility[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (Credibility c : Credibility.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static Credibility 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