EntityType (com.gengoai:hermes 1.1-SNAPSHOT API)

java.lang.Object
- com.gengoai.EnumValue<T>
- - com.gengoai.HierarchicalEnumValue<EntityType>
  - - com.gengoai.hermes.EntityType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Tag, Serializable, Cloneable, Comparable<EntityType>
```
public final class EntityType
extends HierarchicalEnumValue<EntityType>
```
Tag type associated with Entity annotations. Entities are defined in a hierarchy, e.g. Location -> Country

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Class Description

static class EntityType.Converter
The type Converter.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static EntityType ROOT
The constant ROOT.
- Fields inherited from class com.gengoai.HierarchicalEnumValue
  SEPARATOR

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static EntityType`	`make(EntityType parent, String name)`	Makes a new or retrieves an existing EntityType with the given parent and name
`static EntityType`	`make(String name)`	Makes a new or retrieves an existing EntityType.
`protected HierarchicalRegistry<EntityType>`	`registry()`
`static Collection<EntityType>`	`values()`	Returns a collection of all currently registered EntityType

Methods inherited from class com.gengoai.HierarchicalEnumValue
children, depth, isInstance, isLeaf, isRoot, label, parent, path

Methods inherited from class com.gengoai.EnumValue
canonicalName, clone, compareTo, equals, hashCode, main, name, readResolve, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.gengoai.Tag
isInstance

- Field Detail
  - ROOT
```
public static final EntityType ROOT
```
    The constant ROOT.
- Method Detail
  - make
```
public static EntityType make(EntityType parent,
                              String name)
```
    Makes a new or retrieves an existing EntityType with the given parent and name
    
    Parameters:
    
    parent - the parent EntityType
    
    name - the name of the EntityType
    
    Returns:
    
    the EntityType
  - make
```
public static EntityType make(String name)
```
    Makes a new or retrieves an existing EntityType.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the EntityType
    
    Returns:
    
    the EntityType
  - values
```
public static Collection<EntityType> values()
```
    Returns a collection of all currently registered EntityType
    
    Returns:
    
    the collection of EntityType
  - registry
```
protected HierarchicalRegistry<EntityType> registry()
```
    Specified by:
    
    registry in class HierarchicalEnumValue<EntityType>