uaa.feral.social.demographics
Enum Sex

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Enum<Sex>
      extended by uaa.feral.social.demographics.Sex
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<Sex>

public enum Sex
extends java.lang.Enum<Sex>

A simple enum for the two sexes.

Author:
John T. Murphy

Enum Constant Summary
FEMALE
           
MALE
           
 
Method Summary
static Sex valueOf(java.lang.String name)
          Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static Sex[] values()
          Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum
compareTo, equals, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Enum Constant Detail

MALE

public static final Sex MALE

FEMALE

public static final Sex FEMALE
Method Detail

values

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

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

valueOf

public static Sex 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