Package org.jdom2

Enum Content.CType

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<Content.CType>

org.jdom2.Content.CType

Enclosing class:

Content

public static enum Content.CType
extends java.lang.Enum<Content.CType>

An enumeration useful for identifying content types without having to do instanceof type conditionals.

instanceof is not a particularly safe way to test content in JDOM because CDATA extends Text ( a CDATA instance is an instanceof Text).

This CType enumeration provides a direct and sure mechanism for identifying JDOM content.

These can be used in switch-type statements too (which is much neater than chained if (instanceof) else if (instanceof) else .... expressions):

    switch(content.getCType()) {
        case Text :
             .....
             break; 
        case CDATA :
             .....
             break;
        ....
    }
 

Since:

JDOM2

Author:

Rolf Lear

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
CDATA	Represents CDATA content
Comment	Represents Comment content
DocType	Represents DocType content
Element	Represents Element content
EntityRef	Represents EntityRef content
ProcessingInstruction	Represents ProcessingInstruction content
Text	Represents Text content

Method Summary

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

Comment

public static final Content.CType Comment

Represents Comment content

Element

public static final Content.CType Element

Represents Element content

ProcessingInstruction

public static final Content.CType ProcessingInstruction

Represents ProcessingInstruction content

EntityRef

public static final Content.CType EntityRef

Represents EntityRef content

Text

public static final Content.CType Text

Represents Text content

CDATA

public static final Content.CType CDATA

Represents CDATA content

DocType

public static final Content.CType DocType

Represents DocType content

Method Detail

values

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

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static Content.CType 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