ProcessType.java

package org.openlca.ilcd.commons;

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlEnum;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlEnumValue;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;

@XmlType(name = "TypeOfProcessValues")
@XmlEnum
public enum ProcessType {

	/**
	 * Unit operation type unit process that can not be further subdivided.
	 * Covers multi-functional processes of unit operation type.
	 * 
	 */
	@XmlEnumValue("Unit process, single operation")
	UNIT_PROCESS("Unit process, single operation"),

	/**
	 * Process-chain or plant level unit process. This covers horizontally
	 * averaged unit processes across different sites. Covers also those
	 * multi-functional unit processes, where the different co-products undergo
	 * different processing steps within the black box, hence causing
	 * allocation-problems for this data set.
	 * 
	 */
	@XmlEnumValue("Unit process, black box")
	UNIT_PROCESS_BLACK_BOX("Unit process, black box"),

	/**
	 * Aggregated data set of the complete or partial life cycle of a product
	 * system that next to the elementary flows (and possibly not relevant
	 * amounts of waste flows and radioactive wastes) lists in the input/output
	 * list exclusively the product(s) of the process as reference flow(s), but
	 * no other goods or services. E.g. cradle-to-gate and cradle-to-grave data
	 * sets. Check also the definition of "Partly terminated system".
	 * 
	 */
	@XmlEnumValue("LCI result")
	LCI_RESULT("LCI result"),

	/**
	 * Aggregated data set with however at least one product flow in the
	 * input/output list that needs further modelling, in addition to the
	 * reference flow(s). E.g. a process of an injection moulding machine with
	 * one open "Electricity" input product flow that requires the LCA
	 * practitioner to saturate with an Electricity production LCI data set
	 * (e.g. of the country where the machine is operated). Note that also
	 * aggregated process data sets that include relevant amounts of waste flows
	 * for which the waste management has not been modelled yet are "partly
	 * terminated system" data sets.
	 * 
	 */
	@XmlEnumValue("Partly terminated system")
	PARTLY_TERMINATED_SYSTEM("Partly terminated system"),

	/**
	 * Data set with all flows set to negative values OR all inputs be made to
	 * outputs and vice versa; i.e. a negative/inverted inventory (can be unit
	 * process, LCI result, or other type). Used in system
	 * expansion/substitution for consequential modelling.
	 * 
	 */
	@XmlEnumValue("Avoided product system")
	AVOIDED_PRODUCT_SYSTEM("Avoided product system"),

	@XmlEnumValue("EPD")
	EPD("EPD");

	private final String value;

	ProcessType(String v) {
		value = v;
	}

	public String value() {
		return value;
	}

	public static ProcessType fromValue(String v) {
		for (ProcessType c : ProcessType.values()) {
			if (c.value.equals(v)) {
				return c;
			}
		}
		throw new IllegalArgumentException(v);
	}

}