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/*
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 * Copyright (c) 2003, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
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 *
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 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
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 * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
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 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
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 * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
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 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
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 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
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 * accompanied this code).
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 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
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 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
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 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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 * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
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 * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
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 * questions.
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package java.lang;
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import java.io.Serializable;
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import java.io.IOException;
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import java.io.InvalidObjectException;
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import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
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import java.io.ObjectStreamException;
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/**
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 * This is the common base class of all Java language enumeration types.
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 *
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 * More information about enums, including descriptions of the
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 * implicitly declared methods synthesized by the compiler, can be
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 * found in section 8.9 of
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 * <cite>The Java&trade; Language Specification</cite>.
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 *
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 * <p> Note that when using an enumeration type as the type of a set
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 * or as the type of the keys in a map, specialized and efficient
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 * {@linkplain java.util.EnumSet set} and {@linkplain
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 * java.util.EnumMap map} implementations are available.
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 * @param <E> The enum type subclass
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 * @author  Josh Bloch
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 * @author  Neal Gafter
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 * @see     Class#getEnumConstants()
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 * @see     java.util.EnumSet
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 * @see     java.util.EnumMap
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 * @since   1.5
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public abstract class Enum<E extends Enum<E>>
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        implements Comparable<E>, Serializable {
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    /**
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     * The name of this enum constant, as declared in the enum declaration.
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     * Most programmers should use the {@link #toString} method rather than
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     * accessing this field.
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     */
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    private final String name;
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    /**
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     * Returns the name of this enum constant, exactly as declared in its
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     * enum declaration.
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     *
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     * <b>Most programmers should use the {@link #toString} method in
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     * preference to this one, as the toString method may return
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     * a more user-friendly name.</b>  This method is designed primarily for
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     * use in specialized situations where correctness depends on getting the
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     * exact name, which will not vary from release to release.
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     *
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     * @return the name of this enum constant
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     */
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    public final String name() {
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        return name;
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    }
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    /**
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     * The ordinal of this enumeration constant (its position
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     * in the enum declaration, where the initial constant is assigned
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     * an ordinal of zero).
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     *
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     * Most programmers will have no use for this field.  It is designed
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     * for use by sophisticated enum-based data structures, such as
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     * {@link java.util.EnumSet} and {@link java.util.EnumMap}.
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     */
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    private final int ordinal;
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    /**
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     * Returns the ordinal of this enumeration constant (its position
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     * in its enum declaration, where the initial constant is assigned
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     * an ordinal of zero).
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     *
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     * Most programmers will have no use for this method.  It is
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     * designed for use by sophisticated enum-based data structures, such
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     * as {@link java.util.EnumSet} and {@link java.util.EnumMap}.
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     *
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     * @return the ordinal of this enumeration constant
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     */
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    public final int ordinal() {
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        return ordinal;
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    }
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    /**
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     * Sole constructor.  Programmers cannot invoke this constructor.
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     * It is for use by code emitted by the compiler in response to
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     * enum type declarations.
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     *
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     * @param name - The name of this enum constant, which is the identifier
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     *               used to declare it.
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     * @param ordinal - The ordinal of this enumeration constant (its position
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     *         in the enum declaration, where the initial constant is assigned
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     *         an ordinal of zero).
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     */
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    protected Enum(String name, int ordinal) {
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        this.name = name;
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        this.ordinal = ordinal;
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    }
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    /**
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     * Returns the name of this enum constant, as contained in the
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     * declaration.  This method may be overridden, though it typically
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     * isn't necessary or desirable.  An enum type should override this
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     * method when a more "programmer-friendly" string form exists.
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     *
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     * @return the name of this enum constant
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     */
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    public String toString() {
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        return name;
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    }
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    /**
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     * Returns true if the specified object is equal to this
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     * enum constant.
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     *
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     * @param other the object to be compared for equality with this object.
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     * @return  true if the specified object is equal to this
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     *          enum constant.
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     */
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    public final boolean equals(Object other) {
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        return this==other;
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    }
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    /**
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     * Returns a hash code for this enum constant.
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     *
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     * @return a hash code for this enum constant.
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     */
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    public final int hashCode() {
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        return super.hashCode();
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    }
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    /**
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     * Throws CloneNotSupportedException.  This guarantees that enums
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     * are never cloned, which is necessary to preserve their "singleton"
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     * status.
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     *
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     * @return (never returns)
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     */
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    protected final Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
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        throw new CloneNotSupportedException();
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    /**
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     * Compares this enum with the specified object for order.  Returns a
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     * negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less
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     * than, equal to, or greater than the specified object.
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     *
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     * Enum constants are only comparable to other enum constants of the
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     * same enum type.  The natural order implemented by this
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     * method is the order in which the constants are declared.
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     */
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    public final int compareTo(E o) {
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        Enum<?> other = (Enum<?>)o;
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        Enum<E> self = this;
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        if (self.getClass() != other.getClass() && // optimization
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            self.getDeclaringClass() != other.getDeclaringClass())
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            throw new ClassCastException();
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        return self.ordinal - other.ordinal;
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    }
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    /**
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     * Returns the Class object corresponding to this enum constant's
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     * enum type.  Two enum constants e1 and  e2 are of the
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     * same enum type if and only if
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     *   e1.getDeclaringClass() == e2.getDeclaringClass().
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     * (The value returned by this method may differ from the one returned
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     * by the {@link Object#getClass} method for enum constants with
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     * constant-specific class bodies.)
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     *
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     * @return the Class object corresponding to this enum constant's
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     *     enum type
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     */
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    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
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    public final Class<E> getDeclaringClass() {
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        Class<?> clazz = getClass();
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        Class<?> zuper = clazz.getSuperclass();
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        return (zuper == Enum.class) ? (Class<E>)clazz : (Class<E>)zuper;
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     * Returns the enum constant of the specified enum type with the
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     * specified name.  The name must match exactly an identifier used
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     * to declare an enum constant in this type.  (Extraneous whitespace
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     * characters are not permitted.)
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     * <p>Note that for a particular enum type {@code T}, the
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     * implicitly declared {@code public static T valueOf(String)}
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     * method on that enum may be used instead of this method to map
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     * from a name to the corresponding enum constant.  All the
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     * constants of an enum type can be obtained by calling the
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     * implicit {@code public static T[] values()} method of that
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     * type.
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     * @param <T> The enum type whose constant is to be returned
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     * @param enumType the {@code Class} object of the enum type from which
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     *      to return a constant
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     * @param name the name of the constant to return
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     * @return the enum constant of the specified enum type with the
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     *      specified name
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     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the specified enum type has
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     *         no constant with the specified name, or the specified
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     *         class object does not represent an enum type
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     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code enumType} or {@code name}
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     *         is null
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     * @since 1.5
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    public static <T extends Enum<T>> T valueOf(Class<T> enumType,
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                                                String name) {
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        T result = enumType.enumConstantDirectory().get(name);
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            return result;
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            "No enum constant " + enumType.getCanonicalName() + "." + name);
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     * enum classes cannot have finalize methods.
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     */
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    protected final void finalize() { }
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    private void readObject(ObjectInputStream in) throws IOException,
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        ClassNotFoundException {
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    private void readObjectNoData() throws ObjectStreamException {
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    }
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}