DiscriminatorStrategy.java

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package org.datanucleus.metadata;

/**
 * Representation of the values for discriminator "strategy".
 */
public enum DiscriminatorStrategy
{
    NONE("none"),
    VALUE_MAP("value-map"),
    CLASS_NAME("class-name"),
    ENTITY_NAME("entity-name");

    String name;

    private DiscriminatorStrategy(String name)
    {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public String toString()
    {
        return name;
    }

    /**
     * Accessor for the strategy
     * @param value The string form
     * @return The strategy
     */
    public static DiscriminatorStrategy getDiscriminatorStrategy(final String value)
    {
        if (value == null)
        {
            return null;
        }
        else if (DiscriminatorStrategy.NONE.toString().equals(value))
        {
            return DiscriminatorStrategy.NONE;
        }
        else if (DiscriminatorStrategy.VALUE_MAP.toString().equals(value))
        {
            return DiscriminatorStrategy.VALUE_MAP;
        }
        else if (DiscriminatorStrategy.CLASS_NAME.toString().equals(value))
        {
            return DiscriminatorStrategy.CLASS_NAME;
        }
        else if (DiscriminatorStrategy.ENTITY_NAME.toString().equals(value))
        {
            return DiscriminatorStrategy.ENTITY_NAME;
        }
        return null;
    }
}