Enum GenerationType

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<GenerationType>

com.codename1.annotations.db.GenerationType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<GenerationType>

public enum GenerationType
extends Enum<GenerationType>

Identifier generation strategies for a single identifier field.

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
IDENTITY	Uses a database-generated integral identity.
SEQUENCE	Uses a native PostgreSQL sequence, or the portable sequence table on other backends.
TABLE	Allocates integral identifiers using the portable sequence table.
UUID	Assigns a generated UUID string.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static GenerationType	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static GenerationType[]	values()	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, getDeclaringClass, getEnumValues, hashCode, name, ordinal, setEnumValues, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

IDENTITY

public static final GenerationType IDENTITY

Uses a database-generated integral identity.

UUID

public static final GenerationType UUID

Assigns a generated UUID string.

SEQUENCE

public static final GenerationType SEQUENCE

Uses a native PostgreSQL sequence, or the portable sequence table on other backends.

TABLE

public static final GenerationType TABLE

Allocates integral identifiers using the portable sequence table.

Method Details

values

public static GenerationType[] values()

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

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static GenerationType 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