Package javax.cache.event

Enum EventType

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<EventType>

javax.cache.event.EventType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<EventType>

public enum EventType
extends Enum<EventType>

The type of event received by the listener.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Greg Luck

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
CREATED	An event type indicating that the cache entry was created.
EXPIRED	An event type indicating that the cache entry has expired.
REMOVED	An event type indicating that the cache entry was removed.
UPDATED	An event type indicating that the cache entry was updated.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static EventType	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static EventType[]	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

CREATED

public static final EventType CREATED

An event type indicating that the cache entry was created.

UPDATED

public static final EventType UPDATED

An event type indicating that the cache entry was updated. i.e. a previous mapping existed

REMOVED

public static final EventType REMOVED

An event type indicating that the cache entry was removed.

EXPIRED

public static final EventType EXPIRED

An event type indicating that the cache entry has expired.

Method Detail

values

public static EventType[] 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 (EventType c : EventType.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static EventType 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