com.virtuosotechnologies.lib.base
Class BasicEnumeratedType

java.lang.Object
  com.virtuosotechnologies.lib.base.UniqueObject
      com.virtuosotechnologies.lib.base.BasicEnumeratedType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable

Direct Known Subclasses:

CommandManager.CommandCategory, DatabaseEvent.Type, ObjectDequeEvent.Type, ObjectSetEvent.Type, SearchParameters.Strength, UniqueHierarchicalType

public class BasicEnumeratedType

extends UniqueObject

implements Comparable

A UniqueObject that implements Comparable so it is useful as a base class for enumerated types.

Constructor Summary

BasicEnumeratedType()
Default constructor using a default description.

BasicEnumeratedType(String description)
Construct a SingletonKey with a description

Method Summary

int	compareTo(Object o) Comparable implementation.

Methods inherited from class com.virtuosotechnologies.lib.base.UniqueObject

equals, getUniqueObjectID, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BasicEnumeratedType

public BasicEnumeratedType()

Default constructor using a default description.

BasicEnumeratedType

public BasicEnumeratedType(String description)

Construct a SingletonKey with a description

Parameters:

description - description string for toString(). It is okay to pass null, in which case toString() will return an automatically-generated default string.

Method Detail

compareTo

public final int compareTo(Object o)

Comparable implementation. Uses toString() comparison. If the generated strings are equal, it falls back on the unique object ID, which is guaranteed to be unique. Final.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable