blackboard.data.content
Class Link.ReferrerType

java.lang.Object
  blackboard.base.BbEnum
      blackboard.data.content.Link.ReferrerType

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable

Enclosing class:

Link

public static final class Link.ReferrerType
extends BbEnum

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static Link.ReferrerType	ANNOUNCEMENT
static Link.ReferrerType	CONTENT
static Link.ReferrerType	COURSE_TOC
static Link.ReferrerType	DEFAULT

Method Summary

static Link.ReferrerType	fromExternalString(java.lang.String externalString) Returns the Link.ReferrerType element specified by the externalString .
static Link.ReferrerType[]	getValues() Returns an array of all of the elements in this enumeration.
DataType	toDataType() Returns the DataType that should be used for creating an appropriate Id value for this "referrer" type value.

Methods inherited from class blackboard.base.BbEnum

compareTo, defineAlias, defineDefault, fromExternalString, fromFieldName, fromFieldName, getDefaultElement, getValues, isDefault, readResolve, toExternalString, toFieldName, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ANNOUNCEMENT

public static final Link.ReferrerType ANNOUNCEMENT

CONTENT

public static final Link.ReferrerType CONTENT

COURSE_TOC

public static final Link.ReferrerType COURSE_TOC

DEFAULT

public static final Link.ReferrerType DEFAULT

Method Detail

toDataType

public DataType toDataType()

Returns the DataType that should be used for creating an appropriate Id value for this "referrer" type value. A "referrer" type value indicates that this Link is contained by a particular type of data object. The DataType returned from this method is the appropriate value for creating an Id to reference the data object

getValues

public static Link.ReferrerType[] getValues()

Returns an array of all of the elements in this enumeration.

fromExternalString

public static Link.ReferrerType fromExternalString(java.lang.String externalString)
                                            throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Returns the Link.ReferrerType element specified by the externalString .

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the given string is not an external representation of one of the elements in this enumeration class.