Package edu.nwmissouri.animalList

Enum Class AnimalLegs

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<AnimalLegs>

edu.nwmissouri.animalList.AnimalLegs

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<AnimalLegs>, Constable

public enum AnimalLegs
extends Enum<AnimalLegs>

Animal number of leg options Illustrates enumerated types (Java enum with int value) 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
FOUR_LEGS	Animal generally has four legs
NO_LEGS	Animal has no legs / does not apply
OVER_FOUR_LEGS	Animal generally has many legs (more than 4)
TWO_LEGS	Animal generally has two legs

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	getStatus()
static AnimalLegs	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name.
static AnimalLegs[]	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

NO_LEGS

public static final AnimalLegs NO_LEGS

Animal has no legs / does not apply

TWO_LEGS

public static final AnimalLegs TWO_LEGS

Animal generally has two legs

FOUR_LEGS

public static final AnimalLegs FOUR_LEGS

Animal generally has four legs

OVER_FOUR_LEGS

public static final AnimalLegs OVER_FOUR_LEGS

Animal generally has many legs (more than 4)

Method Details

values

public static AnimalLegs[] 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 AnimalLegs 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

getStatus

public int getStatus()