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package org.apache.cocoon.forms.datatype.typeimpl;

/**
 * A {@link org.apache.cocoon.forms.datatype.Datatype Datatype} implementation for
 * types implementing Joshua Bloch's <a href="http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/Books/shiftintojava/page1.html#replaceenums">
 * typesafe enum</a> pattern.
 * <p>See the following code for an example:</p>
 * <pre>
 * package com.example;
 * 
 * public class Sex {
 *
 *   public static final Sex MALE = new Sex("M");
 *   public static final Sex FEMALE = new Sex("F");
 *   private String code;
 *
 *   private Sex(String code) { this.code = code; }
 * }
 * </pre>
 * <p>If your enumerated type does not provide a {@link java.lang.Object#toString()}
 * method, the enum convertor will use the fully qualified class name,
 * followed by the name of the public static final field referring to
 * each instance, i.e. "com.example.Sex.MALE", "com.example.Sex.FEMALE"
 * and so on.</p>
 * <p>If you provide a toString() method which returns something
 * different, you should also provide a fromString(String, Locale)
 * method to convert those strings back to instances.
 *  
 * @version $Id$
 */
public class EnumType extends AbstractDatatype {
    
    public EnumType() {
    }
    
    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see org.apache.cocoon.forms.datatype.Datatype#getTypeClass()
     */
    public Class getTypeClass() {
        return this.getConvertor().getTypeClass();
    }

    /* (non-Javadoc)
     * @see org.apache.cocoon.forms.datatype.Datatype#getDescriptiveName()
     */
    public String getDescriptiveName() {
        return this.getConvertor().getTypeClass().getName();
    }
}