Enum Constant Detail

• ASCENDING

  public static final SortOrder ASCENDING

  Enumeration value indicating the items are sorted in increasing order. For example, the set 1, 4, 0 sorted in ASCENDING order is 0, 1, 4.

• DESCENDING

  public static final SortOrder DESCENDING

  Enumeration value indicating the items are sorted in decreasing order. For example, the set 1, 4, 0 sorted in DESCENDING order is 4, 1, 0.

• UNSORTED

  public static final SortOrder UNSORTED

  Enumeration value indicating the items are unordered. For example, the set 1, 4, 0 in UNSORTED order is 1, 4, 0.

Method Detail

• values

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

  Returns:

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

• valueOf

  public static SortOrder valueOf(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:

  IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

  NullPointerException - if the argument is null