de.schwarzrot.data.support
Class EnumUtils

java.lang.Object
  de.schwarzrot.data.support.EnumUtils

public class EnumUtils
extends Object

class to convert Enums into storable values or localize Enums names

Author:

Reinhard Mantey

Constructor Summary

EnumUtils()

Method Summary

static <E extends Enum<E>> E	getEnumForOrdinal(Class<E> any, int ordinal) gets an enum for the given ordinal
static <E extends Enum<E>> String	getLabelFor(E any) returns a localized representation for the enum name

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

EnumUtils

public EnumUtils()

Method Detail

getEnumForOrdinal

public static <E extends Enum<E>> E getEnumForOrdinal(Class<E> any,
                                                      int ordinal)

gets an enum for the given ordinal

Type Parameters:

E - the type of the enum involved

Parameters:

any - the enum class

ordinal - the ordinal for the enum to retrieve

Returns:

returns the found enum or null if the ordinal is not defined in that type

getLabelFor

public static <E extends Enum<E>> String getLabelFor(E any)

returns a localized representation for the enum name

Type Parameters:

E - the type of the involved enum

Parameters:

any - the enum to retrieve a translated name for

Returns:

the found name for the enum. If no localized name is defined, the name of the enum will be returned.