net.bytebuddy.description.enumeration

Interface EnumerationDescription

All Superinterfaces:

NamedElement

All Known Implementing Classes:

EnumerationDescription.AbstractBase, EnumerationDescription.ForLoadedEnumeration, EnumerationDescription.Latent

public interface EnumerationDescription
extends NamedElement

Describes an enumeration value. Note that the Object.toString() method always returns the value as if the method was not overridden, i.e. the name of the enumeration constant.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	EnumerationDescription.AbstractBase An adapter implementation of an enumeration description.
static class	EnumerationDescription.ForLoadedEnumeration An enumeration description representing a loaded enumeration.
static class	EnumerationDescription.Latent A latent description of an enumeration value.

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface net.bytebuddy.description.NamedElement

NamedElement.WithDescriptor, NamedElement.WithGenericName, NamedElement.WithOptionalName, NamedElement.WithRuntimeName

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface net.bytebuddy.description.NamedElement

EMPTY_NAME, NO_NAME

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
TypeDescription	getEnumerationType() Returns the type of this enumeration.
String	getValue() Returns the name of this instance's enumeration value.
<T extends Enum<T>> T	load(Class<T> type) Prepares this enumeration value to be loaded.

Methods inherited from interface net.bytebuddy.description.NamedElement

getActualName

Method Detail

getValue

String getValue()

Returns the name of this instance's enumeration value.

Returns:

The name of this enumeration constant.

getEnumerationType

TypeDescription getEnumerationType()

Returns the type of this enumeration.

Returns:

The type of this enumeration.

load

<T extends Enum<T>> T load(Class<T> type)

Prepares this enumeration value to be loaded.

Type Parameters:

T - The enumeration type.

Parameters:

type - A type constant representing the enumeration value.

Returns:

The loaded enumeration constant corresponding to this value.