Package org.apache.tools.ant.types

## Class EnumeratedAttribute

- java.lang.Object
- - org.apache.tools.ant.types.EnumeratedAttribute

Direct Known Subclasses:
  `AggregateTransformer.Format`, `Arc.ArcType`, `Available.FileDir`, `CharSet`, `Checksum.FormatElement`, `Comparison`, `Definer.Format`, `Definer.OnError`, `EchoProperties.FormatAttribute`, `EchoXML.NamespacePolicy`, `EjbJar.CMPVersion`, `EjbJar.NamingScheme`, `EmailTask.Encoding`, `ExecuteOn.FileDirBoth`, `FilterSet.OnMissing`, `FixCRLF.AddAsisRemove`, `FixCRLF.CrLf`, `FixCrLfFilter.AddAsisRemove`, `FixCrLfFilter.CrLf`, `ForkDefinition.ForkMode`, `FormatterElement.TypeAttribute`, `FTP.Action`, `FTP.FTPSystemType`, `FTP.Granularity`, `FTP.LanguageCode`, `FTPTask.Action`, `FTPTask.FTPSystemType`, `FTPTask.Granularity`, `ImageIOTask.ImageFormat`, `Input.HandlerType`, `IsLastModified.CompareMode`, `Jar.FilesetManifestConfig`, `Jar.StrictMode`, `Javadoc.AccessType`, `JDependTask.FormatAttribute`, `Jmod.ResolutionWarningReason`, `JUnitTask.ForkMode`, `JUnitTask.SummaryAttribute`, `Length.FileMode`, `Link.CompressionLevel`, `Link.Endianness`, `Link.VMType`, `ListenerDefinition.ListenerType`, `LogLevel`, `ManifestTask.Mode`, `Mapper.MapperType`, `Mklink.LinkType`, `ModifiedSelector.AlgorithmName`, `ModifiedSelector.CacheName`, `ModifiedSelector.ComparatorName`, `MSVSS.CurrentModUpdated`, `MSVSS.WritableFiles`, `MSVSSHISTORY.BriefCodediffNofile`, `NetRexxC.TraceAttr`, `NetRexxC.VerboseAttr`, `PathConvert.TargetOs`, `PresentSelector.FilePresence`, `PropertyFile.Entry.Operation`, `PropertyFile.Entry.Type`, `PropertyFile.Unit`, `PropertySet.BuiltinPropertySetName`, `Quantifier`, `Recorder.ActionChoices`, `Scale.ProportionsAttribute`, `Scale.ProportionsAttribute`, `SizeSelector.ByteUnits`, `SQLExec.DelimiterType`, `SQLExec.OnError`, `Tar.TarCompressionMethod`, `Tar.TarLongFileMode`, `TimeComparison`, `Tstamp.Unit`, `Type.FileDir`, `TypeSelector.FileType`, `Untar.UntarCompressionMethod`, `WaitFor.Unit`, `Zip.Duplicate`, `Zip.UnicodeExtraField`, `Zip.WhenEmpty`, `Zip.Zip64ModeAttribute`

    public abstract class EnumeratedAttribute
    extends java.lang.Object

Helper class for attributes that can only take one of a fixed list of values.

See `FixCRLF` for an example.

### Field Summary

Fields
`protected java.lang.String` `value` The selected value in this enumeration.

### Constructor Summary

Constructors
`protected` `EnumeratedAttribute()` bean constructor

### Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
`boolean` `containsValue​(java.lang.String value)` Is this value included in the enumeration?
`int` `getIndex()`
`static EnumeratedAttribute` `getInstance​(java.lang.Class<? extends EnumeratedAttribute> clazz, java.lang.String value)` Factory method for instantiating EAs via API in a more developer friendly way.
`java.lang.String` `getValue()`
`abstract java.lang.String[]` `getValues()` This is the only method a subclass needs to implement.
`int` `indexOfValue​(java.lang.String value)` get the index of a value in this enumeration.
`void` `setValue​(java.lang.String value)` Invoked by `IntrospectionHelper`.
`java.lang.String` `toString()` Convert the value to its string form.

### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

### Field Detail

#### value

    protected java.lang.String value

The selected value in this enumeration.

### Constructor Detail

#### EnumeratedAttribute

    protected EnumeratedAttribute()

bean constructor

### Method Detail

#### getValues

    public abstract java.lang.String[] getValues()

This is the only method a subclass needs to implement.

Returns:
  an array holding all possible values of the enumeration. The order of elements must be fixed so that `indexOfValue(String)` always return the same index for the same value.

#### getInstance

    public static EnumeratedAttribute getInstance​(java.lang.Class<? extends EnumeratedAttribute> clazz,
                                                  java.lang.String value)
                                           throws BuildException

Factory method for instantiating EAs via API in a more developer friendly way.

Parameters:
  `clazz` - Class, extending EA, which to instantiate
  `value` - The value to set on that EA
Returns:
  Configured EA
Throws:
  `BuildException` - If the class could not be found or the value is not valid for the given EA-class.
See Also:
  https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14831

#### setValue

    public void setValue​(java.lang.String value)
                  throws BuildException

Invoked by `IntrospectionHelper`.

Parameters:
  `value` - the `String` value of the attribute
Throws:
  `BuildException` - if the value is not valid for the attribute

#### containsValue

    public final boolean containsValue​(java.lang.String value)

Is this value included in the enumeration?

Parameters:
  `value` - the `String` value to look up
Returns:
  true if the value is valid

#### indexOfValue

    public final int indexOfValue​(java.lang.String value)

get the index of a value in this enumeration.

Parameters:
  `value` - the string value to look for.
Returns:
  the index of the value in the array of strings or -1 if it cannot be found.
See Also:
  `getValues()`

#### getValue

    public final java.lang.String getValue()

Returns:
  the selected value.

#### getIndex

    public final int getIndex()

Returns:
  the index of the selected value in the array.
See Also:
  `getValues()`

#### toString

    public java.lang.String toString()

Convert the value to its string form.

Overrides:
  `toString` in class `java.lang.Object`
Returns:
  the string form of the value.