NameType (GBIF Common :: API 0.74-SNAPSHOT API)

java.lang.Object
- java.lang.Enum<NameType>
- - org.gbif.api.vocabulary.NameType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<NameType>
```
public enum NameType
extends Enum<NameType>
```
A short classification of scientific name strings used in Checklist Bank.

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants
Enum Constant and Description
`CANDIDATUS` Candidatus is a component of the taxonomic name for a bacterium that cannot be maintained in a Bacteriology Culture Collection.
`CULTIVAR` A cultivated plant name.
`DOUBTFUL` Doubtful whether this is a scientific name at all.
`HYBRID` A hybrid formula (not a hybrid name).
`INFORMAL` A scientific name with some informal addition like "cf." or indetermined like Abies spec.
`NO_NAME` Surely not a scientific name of any kind.
`OTU` Operational Taxonomic Unit.
`PLACEHOLDER` A placeholder name like "incertae sedis" or "unknown genus".
`SCIENTIFIC` A scientific latin name that might contain authorship but is not any of the other name types below (virus, hybrid, cultivar, etc).
`VIRUS` A virus name.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`static NameType`	`fromString(String nameType)` Case insensitive lookup of a name type by its name that does not throw an exception but returns null for not found name types.
`boolean`	`isBackboneType()`
`boolean`	`isParsable()`
`static NameType`	`valueOf(String name)` Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
`static NameType[]`	`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
  - SCIENTIFIC
```
public static final NameType SCIENTIFIC
```
    A scientific latin name that might contain authorship but is not any of the other name types below (virus, hybrid, cultivar, etc).
  - VIRUS
```
public static final NameType VIRUS
```
    A virus name.
  - HYBRID
```
public static final NameType HYBRID
```
    A hybrid formula (not a hybrid name).
  - INFORMAL
```
public static final NameType INFORMAL
```
    A scientific name with some informal addition like "cf." or indetermined like Abies spec.
  - CULTIVAR
```
public static final NameType CULTIVAR
```
    A cultivated plant name.
  - CANDIDATUS
```
public static final NameType CANDIDATUS
```
    Candidatus is a component of the taxonomic name for a bacterium that cannot be maintained in a Bacteriology Culture Collection. It is an interim taxonomic status for noncultivable organisms. An example would be "Candidatus Phytoplasma allocasuarinae". This can be abbreviated to "Ca. Phytoplasma allocasuarinae".
    
    See Also:
    
    wikipedia, J.P. Euzéby
  - OTU
```
public static final NameType OTU
```
    Operational Taxonomic Unit. An OTU is a pragmatic definition to group individuals by similarity, equivalent to but not necessarily in line with classical Linnaean taxonomy or modern Evolutionary taxonomy. A OTU usually refers to clusters of organisms, grouped by DNA sequence similarity of a specific taxonomic marker gene. In other words, OTUs are pragmatic proxies for "species" at different taxonomic levels. Sequences can be clustered according to their similarity to one another, and operational taxonomic units are defined based on the similarity threshold (usually 97% similarity) set by the researcher. Typically, OTU's are based on similar 16S rRNA sequences.
  - DOUBTFUL
```
public static final NameType DOUBTFUL
```
    Doubtful whether this is a scientific name at all.
  - PLACEHOLDER
```
public static final NameType PLACEHOLDER
```
    A placeholder name like "incertae sedis" or "unknown genus".
  - NO_NAME
```
public static final NameType NO_NAME
```
    Surely not a scientific name of any kind.
- Method Detail
  - values
```
public static NameType[] 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 (NameType c : NameType.values())
    System.out.println(c);
```
    Returns:
    
    an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared
  - valueOf
```
public static NameType 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
  - fromString
```
public static NameType fromString(String nameType)
```
    Case insensitive lookup of a name type by its name that does not throw an exception but returns null for not found name types.
    
    Parameters:
    
    nameType - case insensitive name of name type
    
    Returns:
    
    the matching NameType or null
  - isBackboneType
```
public boolean isBackboneType()
```
    Returns:
    
    true if the type of name is included in the GBIF backbone
  - isParsable
```
public boolean isParsable()
```
    Returns:
    
    true if the GBIF name parser can parse such a name into a ParsedName instance

Enum NameType

Enum Constant Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Enum Constant Detail

SCIENTIFIC

VIRUS

HYBRID

INFORMAL

CULTIVAR

CANDIDATUS

OTU

DOUBTFUL

PLACEHOLDER

NO_NAME

Method Detail

values

valueOf

fromString

isBackboneType

isParsable