edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove
Class PropertyArity

java.lang.Object
  edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.EnumerationType
      edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.PropertyArity

public final class PropertyArity
extends EnumerationType

This class represents the arity (structure type) of a Property. Applications will not create or modify PropertyArities, but will use one of the predefined PropertyArity instances ARRAY, LIST, MAP, SCALAR, or SET.

See Also:

Property

Field Summary

static PropertyArity	ARRAY An Arity corresponding to a Java array.
static PropertyArity	LIST An Arity corresponding to java.util.List or any of its derived classes.
static PropertyArity	MAP An Arity corresponding to java.util.Map or any of its derived classes.
static PropertyArity	SCALAR An Arity corresponding to a simple object, which must be of a type corresponding to one of the instances of PropertyType.
static PropertyArity	SET An Arity corresponding to java.util.Set or any of its derived classes.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.EnumerationType

equals, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

ARRAY

public static final PropertyArity ARRAY

An Arity corresponding to a Java array. For the Java types Integer, Boolean, Byte, Character, Double, Float, Long, and Short, a Property with arity ARRAY is an array of primitive Java types rather than Objects (e.g., int rather than Integer).

LIST

public static final PropertyArity LIST

An Arity corresponding to java.util.List or any of its derived classes.

MAP

public static final PropertyArity MAP

An Arity corresponding to java.util.Map or any of its derived classes.

SCALAR

public static final PropertyArity SCALAR

An Arity corresponding to a simple object, which must be of a type corresponding to one of the instances of PropertyType.

SET

public static final PropertyArity SET

An Arity corresponding to java.util.Set or any of its derived classes.