org.gbif.api.vocabulary

Enum Sex

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<Sex>

org.gbif.api.vocabulary.Sex

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Sex>

public enum Sex
extends Enum<Sex>

Vocabulary for the sex of an organism.

See Also:

rs.gbif.org vocabulary

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
FEMALE
HERMAPHRODITE Being male and female at the same time.
MALE
NONE No sex determination ever has been observed, for example the Fungi Imperfecti: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungi_Imperfecti

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Sex	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static Sex[]	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

NONE

public static final Sex NONE

No sex determination ever has been observed, for example the Fungi Imperfecti: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungi_Imperfecti

MALE

public static final Sex MALE

FEMALE

public static final Sex FEMALE

HERMAPHRODITE

public static final Sex HERMAPHRODITE

Being male and female at the same time.

Method Detail

values

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

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static Sex 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