ca.infoway.messagebuilder.lang
Class EnumPattern

java.lang.Object
  ca.infoway.messagebuilder.lang.Enum
      ca.infoway.messagebuilder.lang.EnumPattern

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AcknowledgementCondition, AcknowledgementDetailCode, AcknowledgementDetailType, AcknowledgementType, ActClass, ActCode, ActConsentInformationAccessReason, ActDetectedIssueCode, ActIssuePriority, ActMood, ActPharmacySupplyType, ActReason, ActRelationshipSubset, ActSpecimenTransportationCode, ActStatus, ActSubstanceAdministrationImmunizationCode, ActSubstanceAdministrationImmunizationType, AdministrativeGender, AnnotationType, CodeSystem, CodingStrength, Compression, Confidentiality, ConformanceLevel, Currency, DefaultTimeUnit, DomainSource, EntityNameUse, HL7StandardVersionCode, HL7TriggerEventCode, Iso3166Alpha2Country, IssueFilterCode, MediaType, MessageWaitingPriority, NullFlavor, OrganizationNamePartType, ParticipationMode, PersonNamePartType, PostalAddressPartType, PostalAddressUse, ProbabilityMatchCode, ProcessingID, ProcessingMode, QuantityRequestLimit, QueryResponse, ResponseMode, RimClass, RoleClass, RoleCode, RoleStatus, RoleStatusNormal, SCTEMP, SetOperator, SeverityObservation, SpecificationVersion, SpecimenRoleType, StandardDataType, SubscriptionStatus, TelecommunicationAddressUse, TopicPriority, TriggerEventId, UnitsOfMeasureCaseSensitive, UpdateModeType, URLScheme, x_ActMoodIntentEvent, x_ActMoodOrderEvent, X_BasicPostalAddressUse, X_DistanceObservationUnitsOfMeasure, X_DocumentMediaType, X_DrugUnitsOfMeasure, X_HeightOrWeightObservationUnitsOfMeasure

public class EnumPattern
extends Enum

A class that implements an Enum Pattern. While Java 1.5 has enums, enums that implement an interface and/or contain behaviour do not have a direct counterpart in .Net. In order to keep the two codebases as consistent as possible our code makes use of this Enum Pattern where applicable. Code should not call Class.isEnum(), instead they should use EnumPattern.isEnum(Class).

Author:

Intelliware Development

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ca.infoway.messagebuilder.lang.Enum

INNER_CLASS_SEPARATOR_CHAR, iToString, PACKAGE_SEPARATOR_CHAR

Constructor Summary

protected

EnumPattern(String name)

Method Summary

static Object[]	getEnumConstants(Class<?> enumClass) Gets the enum constants for a given enum (java-based or enum pattern-based).
static boolean	isEnum(Class<?> enumClass) Checks if is an enum (java-based or enum pattern-based).
String	name() Gets the unique string identififying this particular enum.
String	toString() Human readable description of this Enum item.
static <T> T	valueOf(Class<T> enumClass, String name) Obtains the enum value of a given string.
static <T> List<T>	values(Class<T> enumClass) Returns the enum values for a given enum class.

Methods inherited from class ca.infoway.messagebuilder.lang.Enum

compareTo, equals, getEnum, getEnumClass, getEnumList, getEnumMap, getName, getShortClassName, getShortClassName, hashCode, iterator, readResolve

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

EnumPattern

protected EnumPattern(String name)

Method Detail

name

public String name()

Gets the unique string identififying this particular enum.

Returns:

the unique string identififying this particular enum.

valueOf

public static <T> T valueOf(Class<T> enumClass,
                            String name)

Obtains the enum value of a given string.

Type Parameters:

T - the generic type

Parameters:

enumClass - the enum class

name - the enum name

Returns:

the enum representing the name value

values

public static <T> List<T> values(Class<T> enumClass)

Returns the enum values for a given enum class.

Type Parameters:

T - the generic type

Parameters:

enumClass - the enum class

Returns:

the list

getEnumConstants

public static Object[] getEnumConstants(Class<?> enumClass)

Gets the enum constants for a given enum (java-based or enum pattern-based).

Parameters:

enumClass - the enum class

Returns:

the enum constants

isEnum

public static boolean isEnum(Class<?> enumClass)

Checks if is an enum (java-based or enum pattern-based).

Parameters:

enumClass - the enum class

Returns:

true, if is enum

toString

public String toString()

Human readable description of this Enum item.

Overrides:

toString in class Enum

Returns:

String in the form type[name], for example: Color[Red]. Note that the package name is stripped from the type name.