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28 import java.io.Serializable;
29 import java.io.IOException;
30 import java.io.InvalidObjectException;
31 import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
32 import java.io.ObjectStreamException;
35 * This is the common base class of all Java language enumeration types.
37 * More information about enums, including descriptions of the
38 * implicitly declared methods synthesized by the compiler, can be
39 * found in section 8.9 of
40 * <cite>The Java™ Language Specification</cite>.
42 * <p> Note that when using an enumeration type as the type of a set
43 * or as the type of the keys in a map, specialized and efficient
44 * {@linkplain java.util.EnumSet set} and {@linkplain
45 * java.util.EnumMap map} implementations are available.
47 * @param <E> The enum type subclass
50 * @see Class#getEnumConstants()
51 * @see java.util.EnumSet
52 * @see java.util.EnumMap
55 public abstract class Enum<E extends Enum<E>>
56 implements Comparable<E>, Serializable {
58 * The name of this enum constant, as declared in the enum declaration.
59 * Most programmers should use the {@link #toString} method rather than
60 * accessing this field.
62 private final String name;
65 * Returns the name of this enum constant, exactly as declared in its
68 * <b>Most programmers should use the {@link #toString} method in
69 * preference to this one, as the toString method may return
70 * a more user-friendly name.</b> This method is designed primarily for
71 * use in specialized situations where correctness depends on getting the
72 * exact name, which will not vary from release to release.
74 * @return the name of this enum constant
76 public final String name() {
81 * The ordinal of this enumeration constant (its position
82 * in the enum declaration, where the initial constant is assigned
83 * an ordinal of zero).
85 * Most programmers will have no use for this field. It is designed
86 * for use by sophisticated enum-based data structures, such as
87 * {@link java.util.EnumSet} and {@link java.util.EnumMap}.
89 private final int ordinal;
92 * Returns the ordinal of this enumeration constant (its position
93 * in its enum declaration, where the initial constant is assigned
94 * an ordinal of zero).
96 * Most programmers will have no use for this method. It is
97 * designed for use by sophisticated enum-based data structures, such
98 * as {@link java.util.EnumSet} and {@link java.util.EnumMap}.
100 * @return the ordinal of this enumeration constant
102 public final int ordinal() {
107 * Sole constructor. Programmers cannot invoke this constructor.
108 * It is for use by code emitted by the compiler in response to
109 * enum type declarations.
111 * @param name - The name of this enum constant, which is the identifier
112 * used to declare it.
113 * @param ordinal - The ordinal of this enumeration constant (its position
114 * in the enum declaration, where the initial constant is assigned
115 * an ordinal of zero).
117 protected Enum(String name, int ordinal) {
119 this.ordinal = ordinal;
123 * Returns the name of this enum constant, as contained in the
124 * declaration. This method may be overridden, though it typically
125 * isn't necessary or desirable. An enum type should override this
126 * method when a more "programmer-friendly" string form exists.
128 * @return the name of this enum constant
130 public String toString() {
135 * Returns true if the specified object is equal to this
138 * @param other the object to be compared for equality with this object.
139 * @return true if the specified object is equal to this
142 public final boolean equals(Object other) {
147 * Returns a hash code for this enum constant.
149 * @return a hash code for this enum constant.
151 public final int hashCode() {
152 return super.hashCode();
156 * Throws CloneNotSupportedException. This guarantees that enums
157 * are never cloned, which is necessary to preserve their "singleton"
160 * @return (never returns)
162 protected final Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
163 throw new CloneNotSupportedException();
167 * Compares this enum with the specified object for order. Returns a
168 * negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less
169 * than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.
171 * Enum constants are only comparable to other enum constants of the
172 * same enum type. The natural order implemented by this
173 * method is the order in which the constants are declared.
175 public final int compareTo(E o) {
176 Enum other = (Enum)o;
178 if (self.getClass() != other.getClass() && // optimization
179 self.getDeclaringClass() != other.getDeclaringClass())
180 throw new ClassCastException();
181 return self.ordinal - other.ordinal;
185 * Returns the Class object corresponding to this enum constant's
186 * enum type. Two enum constants e1 and e2 are of the
187 * same enum type if and only if
188 * e1.getDeclaringClass() == e2.getDeclaringClass().
189 * (The value returned by this method may differ from the one returned
190 * by the {@link Object#getClass} method for enum constants with
191 * constant-specific class bodies.)
193 * @return the Class object corresponding to this enum constant's
196 public final Class<E> getDeclaringClass() {
197 Class clazz = getClass();
198 Class zuper = clazz.getSuperclass();
199 return (zuper == Enum.class) ? clazz : zuper;
203 * Returns the enum constant of the specified enum type with the
204 * specified name. The name must match exactly an identifier used
205 * to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace
206 * characters are not permitted.)
208 * <p>Note that for a particular enum type {@code T}, the
209 * implicitly declared {@code public static T valueOf(String)}
210 * method on that enum may be used instead of this method to map
211 * from a name to the corresponding enum constant. All the
212 * constants of an enum type can be obtained by calling the
213 * implicit {@code public static T[] values()} method of that
216 * @param <T> The enum type whose constant is to be returned
217 * @param enumType the {@code Class} object of the enum type from which
218 * to return a constant
219 * @param name the name of the constant to return
220 * @return the enum constant of the specified enum type with the
222 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the specified enum type has
223 * no constant with the specified name, or the specified
224 * class object does not represent an enum type
225 * @throws NullPointerException if {@code enumType} or {@code name}
229 public static <T extends Enum<T>> T valueOf(Class<T> enumType,
231 T result = enumType.enumConstantDirectory().get(name);
235 throw new NullPointerException("Name is null");
236 throw new IllegalArgumentException(
237 "No enum constant " + enumType.getCanonicalName() + "." + name);
241 * enum classes cannot have finalize methods.
243 protected final void finalize() { }
246 * prevent default deserialization
248 private void readObject(ObjectInputStream in) throws IOException,
249 ClassNotFoundException {
250 throw new InvalidObjectException("can't deserialize enum");
253 private void readObjectNoData() throws ObjectStreamException {
254 throw new InvalidObjectException("can't deserialize enum");