/*
* Copyright 2010 Werner Guttmann
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package org.exolab.castor.persist;
/**
* Enumeration for field type in the context of persistence; it is distinguished between
* primitive fields, serializable fields and relational fields (one-to-one, one-to-many
* and many-to-many).
*
* @author me
* @since 1.3.2
*/
public enum FieldPersistenceType {
PRIMITIVE(0),
SERIALIZABLE(1),
PERSISTANCECAPABLE(2),
ONE_TO_MANY(3),
MANY_TO_MANY(4);
/**
* Field value.
*/
private final int value;
/**
* Creates an instance of this enum instance.
* @param value The numeric value.
*/
private FieldPersistenceType(final int value) {
this.value = value;
}
/**
* Method fromValue().
*
* @param value The actual value as int.
* @return the constant for this value.
*/
public static FieldPersistenceType fromValue(final int value) {
switch (value) {
case 0:
return PRIMITIVE;
case 1:
return SERIALIZABLE;
case 2:
return PERSISTANCECAPABLE;
case 3:
return ONE_TO_MANY;
case 4:
return MANY_TO_MANY;
}
throw new IllegalArgumentException(value
+ " is not a valid fiel dpersistence type.");
}
/**
* Method fromValue.
*
* @param The actual value.
* @return the constant for this value.
*/
public static FieldPersistenceType fromValue(final short value) {
return fromValue((int) value);
}
/**
* Method value.
*
* @return the value of this constant.
*/
public short value() {
return (short) this.value;
}
}