org.hibernate.annotations
Enum SortType

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Enum<SortType>
      extended by org.hibernate.annotations.SortType
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Comparable<SortType>

public enum SortType
extends Enum<SortType>

Sort strategies

Author:
Emmanuel Bernard

Enum Constant Summary
COMPARATOR
           
NATURAL
           
UNSORTED
           
 
Method Summary
static SortType valueOf(String name)
          Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static SortType[] values()
          Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum
clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Enum Constant Detail

UNSORTED

public static final SortType UNSORTED

NATURAL

public static final SortType NATURAL

COMPARATOR

public static final SortType COMPARATOR
Method Detail

values

public static SortType[] values()
Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:
for (SortType c : SortType.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:
an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static SortType valueOf(String name)
Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:
name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
Returns:
the enum constant with the specified name
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
NullPointerException - if the argument is null


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