Package org.gbif.api.vocabulary

Enum Class Continent

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<Continent>

org.gbif.api.vocabulary.Continent

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Continent>, Constable

public enum Continent
extends Enum<Continent>

Enumeration for all continents based on the 7 continent model found on Wikipedia and the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD).

In particular this splits the Americas into North and South America with North America including the Caribbean (except Trinidad and Tobago) and reaching down and including Panama. See the GBIF Continents for the exact divisions.

This is a geographical division. For GBIF's political divisions, see GbifRegion.

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
AFRICA	Africa.
ANTARCTICA	Antarctica.
ASIA	Asia.
EUROPE	Europe.
NORTH_AMERICA	North America
OCEANIA	Oceania.
SOUTH_AMERICA	South America.

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

AFRICA

public static final Continent AFRICA

Africa.

ANTARCTICA

public static final Continent ANTARCTICA

Antarctica.

ASIA

public static final Continent ASIA

Asia.

OCEANIA

public static final Continent OCEANIA

Oceania.

EUROPE

public static final Continent EUROPE

Europe.

NORTH_AMERICA

public static final Continent NORTH_AMERICA

North America

This includes the Caribbean and Central America.

SOUTH_AMERICA

public static final Continent SOUTH_AMERICA

South America.

Method Details

values

public static Continent[] 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 Continent 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

getTitle

public String getTitle()

Returns:

the continent name in the English language.

fromString

public static Continent fromString(String continent)

Parameters:

continent - name

Returns:

the matching continent or null