prefuse.action
Enum DataType

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Enum<DataType>
      prefuse.action.DataType

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<DataType>

public enum DataType
extends java.lang.Enum<DataType>

Author:

Anton Marsden

Enum Constant Summary

NOMINAL
A nominal (categorical) data type

NUMERICAL
A numerical (quantitative) data type

ORDINAL
An ordinal (ordered) data type

UNKNOWN

Method Summary

static DataType	valueOf(java.lang.String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static DataType[]	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

UNKNOWN

public static final DataType UNKNOWN

NOMINAL

public static final DataType NOMINAL

A nominal (categorical) data type

ORDINAL

public static final DataType ORDINAL

An ordinal (ordered) data type

NUMERICAL

public static final DataType NUMERICAL

A numerical (quantitative) data type

Method Detail

values

public static DataType[] 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 (DataType c : DataType.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static DataType valueOf(java.lang.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:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

java.lang.NullPointerException - if the argument is null