Category (VirtualDataSet API)

java.lang.Object
- java.lang.Enum<Category>
- - io.virtdata.annotations.Category

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<Category>, java.lang.constant.Constable
```
public enum Category
extends java.lang.Enum<Category>
```

Nested Class Summary
- Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Enum
  java.lang.Enum.EnumDesc<E extends java.lang.Enum<E>>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants
Enum Constant Description

collections

conversion

datetime

diagnostics

distributions

general

nulls

premade

state

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static Category`	`valueOf(java.lang.String name)`	Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
`static Category[]`	`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, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

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

- Enum Constant Detail
  - datetime
```
public static final Category datetime
```
  - state
```
public static final Category state
```
  - distributions
```
public static final Category distributions
```
  - diagnostics
```
public static final Category diagnostics
```
  - conversion
```
public static final Category conversion
```
  - collections
```
public static final Category collections
```
  - premade
```
public static final Category premade
```
  - nulls
```
public static final Category nulls
```
  - general
```
public static final Category general
```
- Method Detail
  - values
```
public static Category[] values()
```
    Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.
    
    Returns:
    
    an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared
  - valueOf
```
public static Category 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