Package aQute.bnd.annotation

Enum Class Cardinality

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<Cardinality>

aQute.bnd.annotation.Cardinality

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Cardinality>, Constable

public enum Cardinality
extends Enum<Cardinality>

For use in the creation of custom bundle annotations wishing to control the cardinality of generated requirements.

The Enum.name will automatically be converted to lower case during macro processing.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E extends Enum<E>>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
DEFAULT	Default element value for annotation.
MULTIPLE	Indicates if the requirement can be wired multiple times.
SINGLE	Indicates if the requirement can only be wired a single time.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	toString()
static Cardinality	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name.
static Cardinality[]	values()	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

SINGLE

public static final Cardinality SINGLE

Indicates if the requirement can only be wired a single time.

MULTIPLE

public static final Cardinality MULTIPLE

Indicates if the requirement can be wired multiple times.

DEFAULT

public static final Cardinality DEFAULT

Default element value for annotation. This is used to distinguish the default value for an element and should not otherwise be used.

Method Details

values

public static Cardinality[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static Cardinality valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (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 class has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Enum<Cardinality>