Order.java

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package org.modeshape.jcr.query.model;

import org.modeshape.common.util.CheckArg;

/**
 * An enumeration for the kind of {@link Ordering}.
 */
public enum Order implements Readable {
    ASCENDING("ASC"),
    DESCENDING("DESC");

    private final String symbol;

    private Order( String symbol ) {
        this.symbol = symbol;
    }

    /**
     * Get the symbolic representation of the order
     * 
     * @return the symbolic representation; never null
     */
    public String symbol() {
        return symbol;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return symbol;
    }

    /**
     * Attempt to find the Order given a symbol. The matching is done independent of case.
     * 
     * @param symbol the symbol
     * @return the Order having the supplied symbol, or null if there is no Order with the supplied symbol
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the symbol is null
     */
    public static Order forSymbol( String symbol ) {
        CheckArg.isNotNull(symbol, "symbol");
        if (ASCENDING.symbol().equalsIgnoreCase(symbol)) return ASCENDING;
        if (DESCENDING.symbol().equalsIgnoreCase(symbol)) return DESCENDING;
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public String getString() {
        return symbol();
    }
}