Package com.bayesserver

Enum VariableValueType

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<VariableValueType>

com.bayesserver.VariableValueType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<VariableValueType>

public enum VariableValueType
extends Enum<VariableValueType>

The type of data represented by a Variable.

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
CONTINUOUS	Continuous data.
DISCRETE	Discrete/Categorical/Nominal data.
FUNCTION	A function variable that generates a value during a call to Query on an inference engine, and is the result of a function evaluation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static VariableValueType	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static VariableValueType[]	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

DISCRETE

public static final VariableValueType DISCRETE

Discrete/Categorical/Nominal data. E.g. Gender = {Male, Female}

CONTINUOUS

public static final VariableValueType CONTINUOUS

Continuous data. E.g. Stock price.

FUNCTION

public static final VariableValueType FUNCTION

A function variable that generates a value during a call to Query on an inference engine, and is the result of a function evaluation.

Method Detail

values

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

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static VariableValueType 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