org.sonatype.aether.metadata
Enum Metadata.Nature

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Enum<Metadata.Nature>
      extended by org.sonatype.aether.metadata.Metadata.Nature
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<Metadata.Nature>
Enclosing interface:
Metadata

public static enum Metadata.Nature
extends java.lang.Enum<Metadata.Nature>

The nature of the metadata.


Enum Constant Summary
RELEASE
          The metadata refers to release artifacts only.
RELEASE_OR_SNAPSHOT
          The metadata refers to either release or snapshot artifacts.
SNAPSHOT
          The metadata refers to snapshot artifacts only.
 
Method Summary
static Metadata.Nature valueOf(java.lang.String name)
          Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static Metadata.Nature[] 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

RELEASE

public static final Metadata.Nature RELEASE
The metadata refers to release artifacts only.


SNAPSHOT

public static final Metadata.Nature SNAPSHOT
The metadata refers to snapshot artifacts only.


RELEASE_OR_SNAPSHOT

public static final Metadata.Nature RELEASE_OR_SNAPSHOT
The metadata refers to either release or snapshot artifacts.

Method Detail

values

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

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

valueOf

public static Metadata.Nature 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


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