org.gbif.api.vocabulary

Enum DistributionStatus

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<DistributionStatus>

org.gbif.api.vocabulary.DistributionStatus

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<DistributionStatus>

public enum DistributionStatus
extends Enum<DistributionStatus>

A statement about the presence or absence of a Taxon at a Location.

See Also:

rs.gbif.org vocabulary

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
ABSENT There is evidence to document the absence of a taxon in the area.
COMMON Subclass of present: Species observed frequently in most proper habitat.
DOUBTFUL The taxon is scored as being present in the area but there is some doubt over the evidence.
EXCLUDED Subclass of absent: The organism is reported in some (gray) literature for a certain region, but is is erroneous.
IRREGULAR Subclass of present: May be common in certain years and entirely absent other years.
PRESENT There is at least one well documented record of the taxon's presence in the area.
RARE Subclass of present: Species occurs regularly, but in small numbers.

Method Summary

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

PRESENT

public static final DistributionStatus PRESENT

There is at least one well documented record of the taxon's presence in the area.

COMMON

public static final DistributionStatus COMMON

Subclass of present: Species observed frequently in most proper habitat.

RARE

public static final DistributionStatus RARE

Subclass of present: Species occurs regularly, but in small numbers. Requires careful searching of proper habitat.

IRREGULAR

public static final DistributionStatus IRREGULAR

Subclass of present: May be common in certain years and entirely absent other years.

DOUBTFUL

public static final DistributionStatus DOUBTFUL

The taxon is scored as being present in the area but there is some doubt over the evidence. The doubt may be of different kinds including taxonomic or geographic imprecision in the records.

EXCLUDED

public static final DistributionStatus EXCLUDED

Subclass of absent: The organism is reported in some (gray) literature for a certain region, but is is erroneous. Reason for exclusion could be a misidentification, an old report, a simple publishing mistake or any other or unknown reason.

ABSENT

public static final DistributionStatus ABSENT

There is evidence to document the absence of a taxon in the area. An extinct organism is absent while its establishmentMeans is native.

Method Detail

values

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

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static DistributionStatus 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