Package uk.ac.starlink.vo
Enum Class TapMetaOrder
- All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
,Comparable<TapMetaOrder>
,Constable
Defines an ordering for TAP metadata items:
schemas and the tables within them.
- Since:
- 5 Feb 2024
- Author:
- Mark Taylor
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Nested Class Summary
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Enum
Enum.EnumDesc<E extends Enum<E>>
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Enum Constant Summary
Enum ConstantsEnum ConstantDescriptionAlphabetical ordering.Ordering based on schema/table index (may or may not be reliable). -
Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionvoid
sortSchemas
(SchemaMeta[] schemas) Modifies a set of schemas to obey this ordering.static TapMetaOrder
Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name.static TapMetaOrder[]
values()
Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.
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Enum Constant Details
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ALPHABETIC
Alphabetical ordering. -
INDEXED
Ordering based on schema/table index (may or may not be reliable).
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Method Details
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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
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valueOf
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 nameNullPointerException
- if the argument is null
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sortSchemas
Modifies a set of schemas to obey this ordering. The order of the elements of the supplied array may change in place, and the ordering of tables within each one may also change.- Parameters:
schemas
- array of schemas to alter in place
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