Package edu.nwmissouri.animalList

Enum Class AnimalGender

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<AnimalGender>

edu.nwmissouri.animalList.AnimalGender

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<AnimalGender>, Constable

public enum AnimalGender
extends Enum<AnimalGender>

Animal gender options Illustrates enumerated types (simple Java enum) Good for attributes selected from a drop-down list

Author:

Denise Case

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E extends Enum<E>>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
FEMALE
MALE
OTHER
UNKNOWN

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

UNKNOWN

public static final AnimalGender UNKNOWN

FEMALE

public static final AnimalGender FEMALE

MALE

public static final AnimalGender MALE

OTHER

public static final AnimalGender OTHER

Method Details

values

public static AnimalGender[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static AnimalGender valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (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 class has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null