com.jadeworld.jade.persistence
Enum FetchType

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Enum<FetchType>
      com.jadeworld.jade.persistence.FetchType

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<FetchType>

public enum FetchType
extends java.lang.Enum<FetchType>

Defines the set of fetch types that a property can have. Not currently used.

Author:

JADE Development Centre, Jade Software Corporation Ltd.

Enum Constant Summary

EAGER
A property with an EAGER fetch is populated when the instance is first created.

LAZY
A property with a LAZY fetch is populated only when it is first accessed, not when the instance is created.

Method Summary

static FetchType	valueOf(java.lang.String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static FetchType[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they're declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

compareTo, equals, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

LAZY

public static final FetchType LAZY

A property with a LAZY fetch is populated only when it is first accessed, not when the instance is created.

EAGER

public static final FetchType EAGER

A property with an EAGER fetch is populated when the instance is first created.

Method Detail

values

public static final FetchType[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they're declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for(FetchType c : FetchType.values())
        System.out.println(c);

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static FetchType valueOf(java.lang.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:

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