Enum Class Obligation

Object

Enum<Obligation>

Obligation

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Obligation>, Constable

@UML(identifier="MD_ObligationCode",
     specification=ISO_19115)
public enum Obligation
extends Enum<Obligation>

Obligation of the element or entity. The enum values declared here duplicate the code list elements declared in the Obligation code list from the metadata package.

Since:

2.0

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class Enum

Enum.Enum­Desc<E>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
CONDITIONAL	Element is required when a specific condition is met.
FORBIDDEN	The element should always be null.
MANDATORY	Element is always required.
OPTIONAL	Element is not required.

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class Enum

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

Methods inherited from class Object

get­Class, notify, notify­All, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

CONDITIONAL

@UML(identifier="conditional",
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final Obligation CONDITIONAL

Element is required when a specific condition is met.

OPTIONAL

@UML(identifier="optional",
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final Obligation OPTIONAL

Element is not required.

MANDATORY

@UML(identifier="mandatory",
     specification=ISO_19115)
public static final Obligation MANDATORY

Element is always required.

FORBIDDEN

public static final Obligation FORBIDDEN

The element should always be null. This obligation code is used only when a sub-interface overrides an association and force it to a null value. An example is Temporal­Datum.get­Anchor­Point().

Method Details

values

public static Obligation[] 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 Obligation 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