Package org.eclipse.jdt.core.util

Enum Class ExternalAnnotationUtil.MergeStrategy

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<ExternalAnnotationUtil.MergeStrategy>

org.eclipse.jdt.core.util.ExternalAnnotationUtil.MergeStrategy

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<ExternalAnnotationUtil.MergeStrategy>, Constable

Enclosing class:

ExternalAnnotationUtil

public static enum ExternalAnnotationUtil.MergeStrategy
extends Enum<ExternalAnnotationUtil.MergeStrategy>

Strategy for merging a new signature with an existing (possibly annotated) signature.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E extends Enum<E>>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
ADD_ANNOTATIONS	Only add new annotations, never remove or overwrite existing annotations.
OVERWRITE_ANNOTATIONS	Override existing annotations, keeping old annotations in locations that are not annotated in the new signature.
REPLACE_SIGNATURE	Unconditionally replace the signature.

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

REPLACE_SIGNATURE

public static final ExternalAnnotationUtil.MergeStrategy REPLACE_SIGNATURE

Unconditionally replace the signature.

OVERWRITE_ANNOTATIONS

public static final ExternalAnnotationUtil.MergeStrategy OVERWRITE_ANNOTATIONS

Override existing annotations, keeping old annotations in locations that are not annotated in the new signature.

ADD_ANNOTATIONS

public static final ExternalAnnotationUtil.MergeStrategy ADD_ANNOTATIONS

Only add new annotations, never remove or overwrite existing annotations.

Method Details

values

public static ExternalAnnotationUtil.MergeStrategy[] values()

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

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static ExternalAnnotationUtil.MergeStrategy valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (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 class has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null