com.jeffpalm.util
Class TypeSafeEnum

java.lang.Object
  com.jeffpalm.util.TypeSafeEnum

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable

Direct Known Subclasses:

TypeSafeEnum.Boolean, TypeSafeEnum.Byte, TypeSafeEnum.Char, TypeSafeEnum.Double, TypeSafeEnum.Float, TypeSafeEnum.Int, TypeSafeEnum.Long, TypeSafeEnum.Short, TypeSafeEnum.String

public abstract class TypeSafeEnum
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Comparable

Nested Class Summary

static class	TypeSafeEnum.Boolean
static class	TypeSafeEnum.Byte
static class	TypeSafeEnum.Char
static class	TypeSafeEnum.Double
static class	TypeSafeEnum.Float
static class	TypeSafeEnum.Int
static class	TypeSafeEnum.Long
static class	TypeSafeEnum.Short
static class	TypeSafeEnum.String

Constructor Summary

TypeSafeEnum()

Method Summary

abstract java.lang.String	description()
TypeSafeEnum[]	instances()
static TypeSafeEnum[]	instances(java.lang.Class cls)
static boolean	isTypeSafeEnum(java.lang.Class cls)
static java.lang.String	makeValidFieldName(java.lang.String str) Modify the name of 'str' if it starts with a '_' and the rest isn't a valid java identifier.
static java.lang.String	printInstances(java.lang.Class cls)
abstract java.lang.String	toString()
abstract java.lang.Object	value()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Constructor Detail

TypeSafeEnum

public TypeSafeEnum()

Method Detail

value

public abstract java.lang.Object value()

toString

public abstract java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

description

public abstract java.lang.String description()

isTypeSafeEnum

public static final boolean isTypeSafeEnum(java.lang.Class cls)

printInstances

public static final java.lang.String printInstances(java.lang.Class cls)

instances

public static final TypeSafeEnum[] instances(java.lang.Class cls)

instances

public final TypeSafeEnum[] instances()

makeValidFieldName

public static java.lang.String makeValidFieldName(java.lang.String str)

Modify the name of 'str' if it starts with a '_' and the rest isn't a valid java identifier. That is the way we can use numbers and keywords as pseudo names for type safe enums