/**
* Logback: the reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework.
* Copyright (C) 1999-2015, QOS.ch. All rights reserved.
*
* This program and the accompanying materials are dual-licensed under
* either the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 as published by
* the Eclipse Foundation
*
* or (per the licensee's choosing)
*
* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
* as published by the Free Software Foundation.
*/
package ch.qos.logback.core.util;
/**
* AggregationType classifies how one object is contained within
* another object.
*
*
*
* See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_diagram
* and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_composition
*
* @author Ceki Gulcu
*/
public enum AggregationType {
NOT_FOUND, AS_BASIC_PROPERTY, // Long, Integer, Double,..., java primitive, String,
// Duration or FileSize
AS_COMPLEX_PROPERTY, // a complex property, a.k.a. attribute, is any attribute
// not covered by basic attributes, i.e.
// object types defined by the user
AS_BASIC_PROPERTY_COLLECTION, // a collection of basic attributes
AS_COMPLEX_PROPERTY_COLLECTION; // a collection of complex attributes
}