Evaluating Software Design Patterns
— the "Gang of Four" patterns implemented in Java 6

dk.rode.thesis.meta
Enum Purpose

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Enum<Purpose>
      extended by dk.rode.thesis.meta.Purpose
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Comparable<Purpose>

public enum Purpose
extends Enum<Purpose>

Represents the "Gang of Four" purpose classification [Gamma95, p.10].

Author:
Gunni Rode / rode.dk

Enum Constant Summary
Behavioural
          The pattern has a behavioural purpose.
Creational
          The pattern has a creational purpose.
Structural
          The pattern has a structural purpose.
 
Method Summary
static Purpose valueOf(String name)
          Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static Purpose[] values()
          Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum
clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Enum Constant Detail

Behavioural

public static final Purpose Behavioural
The pattern has a behavioural purpose.


Creational

public static final Purpose Creational
The pattern has a creational purpose.


Structural

public static final Purpose Structural
The pattern has a structural purpose.

Method Detail

valueOf

public static Purpose 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

values

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

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

Gunni Rode / rode.dk

Feel free to use and/or modify the Java 6 source code developed for this thesis AT YOUR OWN RISK, but note that the source code comes WITHOUT ANY — and I do mean WITHOUT ANY — form of warranty WHAT SO EVER!

The original thesis and source code are available at rode.dk/thesis.