/**
 * Copyright (C) 2012-2017 52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source
 * Software GmbH
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
 * by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * If the program is linked with libraries which are licensed under one of
 * the following licenses, the combination of the program with the linked
 * library is not considered a "derivative work" of the program:
 *
 *     - Apache License, version 2.0
 *     - Apache Software License, version 1.0
 *     - GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3
 *     - Mozilla Public License, versions 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0
 *     - Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL), version 1.0
 *
 * Therefore the distribution of the program linked with libraries licensed
 * under the aforementioned licenses, is permitted by the copyright holders
 * if the distribution is compliant with both the GNU General Public
 * License version 2 and the aforementioned licenses.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
 * Public License for more details.
 */
package org.n52.sos.config;

import java.io.File;
import java.net.URI;

import org.n52.sos.ogc.gml.time.TimeInstant;

/**
 * Enum to describe the type of a {@code SettingDefinition} and
 * {@code SettingValue}.
 *
 * @see SettingDefinition
 * @see SettingValue
 * @author Christian Autermann <c.autermann@52north.org>
 * @since 4.0.0
 */
public enum SettingType {
    /**
     * Type for {@link Boolean} and {@code boolean}.
     */
    BOOLEAN,
    /**
     * Type for {@link Integer} and {@code int}.
     */
    INTEGER,
    /**
     * Type for {@link File}.
     */
    FILE,
    /**
     * Type for {@link Double} and {@code double}.
     */
    NUMERIC,
    /**
     * Type for {@link String}.
     */
    STRING,
    /**
     * Type for {@link URI}.
     */
    URI,
    /**
     * Type for {@link TimeInstant}.
     */
    TIMEINSTANT,
    /**
     * Type for {@link LocalizedString}.
     */
    MULTILINGUAL_STRING,
    /**
     * Type for a selection.
     */
    CHOICE;

}