de.fesenmeyer.dbnormalizer.core
Enum NormalForm

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Enum<NormalForm>
      extended by de.fesenmeyer.dbnormalizer.core.NormalForm
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Comparable<NormalForm>

public enum NormalForm
extends Enum<NormalForm>

Enumeration containing the normal forms. The definitions of the normal forms are in ascending order (from the lowest to the highest normal form). This makes it possible to compare two normal forms to each other with the method #compareTo(NormalForm).

Author:
DF

Enum Constant Summary
BCNF
          Boyce-Codd normal form (BCNF).
NF1
          First normal form (1NF).
NF2
          Second normal form (2NF).
NF3
          Third normal form (3NF).
 
Method Summary
static NormalForm valueOf(String name)
          Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static NormalForm[] values()
          Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum
clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Enum Constant Detail

NF1

public static final NormalForm NF1
First normal form (1NF).


NF2

public static final NormalForm NF2
Second normal form (2NF).


NF3

public static final NormalForm NF3
Third normal form (3NF).


BCNF

public static final NormalForm BCNF
Boyce-Codd normal form (BCNF).

Method Detail

values

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

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

valueOf

public static NormalForm 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