javax.enterprise.event
Enum Notify

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Enum<Notify>
      javax.enterprise.event.Notify

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<Notify>

public enum Notify
extends java.lang.Enum<Notify>

An enumeration that is used to declare the condition under which an observer method should be called. The default behavior is to create the bean and invoke the observer method synchronously.

Author:

Gavin King, Dan Allen, David Allen

Enum Constant Summary

ALWAYS
Specifies that an observer method always receives the event notifications.

IF_EXISTS
Specifies that an observer method is only called if the current instance of the bean declaring the observer method already exists.

Method Summary

static Notify	valueOf(java.lang.String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static Notify[]	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

IF_EXISTS

public static final Notify IF_EXISTS

Specifies that an observer method is only called if the current instance of the bean declaring the observer method already exists.

ALWAYS

public static final Notify ALWAYS

Specifies that an observer method always receives the event notifications.

Method Detail

values

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

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static Notify valueOf(java.lang.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:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

java.lang.NullPointerException - if the argument is null