net.sf.ehcache.search
Enum Direction

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Enum<Direction>
      net.sf.ehcache.search.Direction

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Direction>

public enum Direction
extends Enum<Direction>

The direction for search result ordering

Author:

teck

Enum Constant Summary

ASCENDING
Ascending direction (increasing in value)

DESCENDING
Descending direction (decreasing in value)

Method Summary

static Direction	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static Direction[]	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

ASCENDING

public static final Direction ASCENDING

Ascending direction (increasing in value)

DESCENDING

public static final Direction DESCENDING

Descending direction (decreasing in value)

Method Detail

values

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

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static Direction 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