org.hibernate.mapping

Enum MetadataSource

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<MetadataSource>

org.hibernate.mapping.MetadataSource

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<MetadataSource>

public enum MetadataSource
extends Enum<MetadataSource>

Enumeration of the known places from which a piece of metadata may come.

Author:

Steve Ebersole

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
ANNOTATIONS
HBM
OTHER

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static MetadataSource	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static MetadataSource[]	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

HBM

public static final MetadataSource HBM

ANNOTATIONS

public static final MetadataSource ANNOTATIONS

OTHER

public static final MetadataSource OTHER

Method Detail

values

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

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static MetadataSource valueOf(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:

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

NullPointerException - if the argument is null