Enum TernaryValue

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<TernaryValue>

    public enum TernaryValue
    extends java.lang.Enum<TernaryValue>

    An enum for ternary logic. The TRUE and FALSE values are equivalent to typical booleans, and the UNKNOWN value plays the role of a placeholder, which can be either TRUE or FALSE.

    A ternary value expression evaluates to TRUE or FALSE only if all replacements of UNKNOWN in this expression yield the same result. Therefore, the ternary logic coincides with typical Boolean logic if the UNKNOWN value is not present in an expression.

    See Also:
    Ternary Logic
    • Enum Constant Summary

      Enum Constants 
      Enum Constant Description
      FALSE
      false
      TRUE
      true
      UNKNOWN
      unknown, it represents lack of knowledge about whether this value is true or false.
    • Enum Constant Detail

      • UNKNOWN

        public static final TernaryValue UNKNOWN
        unknown, it represents lack of knowledge about whether this value is true or false.
    • Method Detail

      • values

        public static TernaryValue[] 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 (TernaryValue c : TernaryValue.values())
            System.out.println(c);
        
        Returns:
        an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared
      • valueOf

        public static TernaryValue valueOf​(java.lang.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:
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
        java.lang.NullPointerException - if the argument is null
      • not

        public abstract TernaryValue not()
        Gets the not of this.
      • toBoolean

        public abstract boolean toBoolean​(boolean unknown)
        Converts this ternary value to boolean. The #TRUE and #FALSE values are simply converted to true and false respectively, whilst the UNKNOWN is converted to the specified unknown value.
        Parameters:
        unknown - the boolean value to which the UNKNOWN value is converted
        Returns:
        return
             this == TRUE ? true :
             this == FALSE ? false :
             unknown
      • forBoolean

        public static TernaryValue forBoolean​(boolean val)
        Gets the TernaryValue for the given boolean.