/**
* Returns the ordinal of this enumeration constant (its position
* in its enum declaration, where the initial constant is assigned
* an ordinal of zero).
*
* Most programmers will have no use for this method. It is
* designed for use by sophisticated enum-based data structures, such
* as {@link java.util.EnumSet} and {@link java.util.EnumMap}.
*
* @return the ordinal of this enumeration constant
*/
public final int ordinal() {
return ordinal;
}
/**
* Sole constructor. Programmers cannot invoke this constructor.
* It is for use by code emitted by the compiler in response to
* enum type declarations.
*
* @param name - The name of this enum constant, which is the identifier
* used to declare it.
* @param ordinal - The ordinal of this enumeration constant (its position
* in the enum declaration, where the initial constant is assigned
* an ordinal of zero).
*/
protected Enum(String name, int ordinal) {
this.name = name;
this.ordinal = ordinal;
}
/**
* Returns the name of this enum constant, as contained in the
* declaration. This method may be overridden, though it typically
* isn't necessary or desirable. An enum type should override this
* method when a more "programmer-friendly" string form exists.
*
* @return the name of this enum constant
*/
public String toString() {
return name;
}
/**
* Returns true if the specified object is equal to this
* enum constant.
*
* @param other the object to be compared for equality with this object.
* @return true if the specified object is equal to this
* enum constant.
public final boolean equals(Object other) {
return this==other;
}
/**
* Returns a hash code for this enum constant.
*
* @return a hash code for this enum constant.
*/
public final int hashCode() {
return super.hashCode();
}
/**
* Throws CloneNotSupportedException. This guarantees that enums
* are never cloned, which is necessary to preserve their "singleton"
* status.
*
* @return (never returns)
*/
protected final Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
throw new CloneNotSupportedException();
}
/**
* Compares this enum with the specified object for order. Returns a
* negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less
* than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.
*
* Enum constants are only comparable to other enum constants of the
* same enum type. The natural order implemented by this
* method is the order in which the constants are declared.
*/
public final int compareTo(E o) {
Enum other = (Enum)o;
Enum self = this;
if (self.getClass() != other.getClass() && // optimization
self.getDeclaringClass() != other.getDeclaringClass())
throw new ClassCastException();
return self.ordinal - other.ordinal;
}
/**
* Returns the Class object corresponding to this enum constant's
* enum type. Two enum constants e1 and e2 are of the
* same enum type if and only if
* e1.getDeclaringClass() == e2.getDeclaringClass().
* (The value returned by this method may differ from the one returned
* by the {@link Object#getClass} method for enum constants with
* con