com.edorasware.commons.core.persistence.schema

Enum DatabaseSchemaCreationStrategy

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<DatabaseSchemaCreationStrategy>

com.edorasware.commons.core.persistence.schema.DatabaseSchemaCreationStrategy

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<DatabaseSchemaCreationStrategy>

public enum DatabaseSchemaCreationStrategy
extends Enum<DatabaseSchemaCreationStrategy>

Enumeration for the database schema creation strategy.

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
CREATE_DROP Always creates the database schema during startup, and drops the database schema during shutdown.
CREATE_UPDATE Creates the database schema, if it does not yet exist and updates the database schema if required.
VALIDATE Only validates the database schema (version compatibility).

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static DatabaseSchemaCreationStrategy	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static DatabaseSchemaCreationStrategy[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

compareTo, equals, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

VALIDATE

public static final DatabaseSchemaCreationStrategy VALIDATE

Only validates the database schema (version compatibility).

CREATE_DROP

public static final DatabaseSchemaCreationStrategy CREATE_DROP

Always creates the database schema during startup, and drops the database schema during shutdown. Useful for testing purposes only.

CREATE_UPDATE

public static final DatabaseSchemaCreationStrategy CREATE_UPDATE

Creates the database schema, if it does not yet exist and updates the database schema if required.

Method Detail

values

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

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static DatabaseSchemaCreationStrategy 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