blackboard.data.announcement
Class Announcement.Type

java.lang.Object
  blackboard.base.BbEnum
      blackboard.data.announcement.Announcement.Type

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable

Enclosing class:

Announcement

public static final class Announcement.Type
extends BbEnum

Enumeration for defining the different kinds of announcement that Blackboard supports.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static Announcement.Type	COURSE The announcement is associated with a course, and viewable from that course's (or organization's) Announcements tool.
static Announcement.Type	DEFAULT Default is COURSE.
static Announcement.Type	SYSTEM The announcement is viewable from the system-level Announcement tool.

Method Summary

static Announcement.Type	fromExternalString(java.lang.String externalString) Returns the Announcement.Type element specified by the externalString.
static Announcement.Type[]	getValues() Returns an array of all of the elements in this enumeration.

Methods inherited from class blackboard.base.BbEnum

compareTo, defineAlias, defineDefault, fromExternalString, fromFieldName, fromFieldName, getDefaultElement, getValues, isDefault, readResolve, toExternalString, toFieldName, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

COURSE

public static final Announcement.Type COURSE

The announcement is associated with a course, and viewable from that course's (or organization's) Announcements tool.

SYSTEM

public static final Announcement.Type SYSTEM

The announcement is viewable from the system-level Announcement tool.

DEFAULT

public static final Announcement.Type DEFAULT

Default is COURSE.

Method Detail

getValues

public static Announcement.Type[] getValues()

Returns an array of all of the elements in this enumeration.

fromExternalString

public static Announcement.Type fromExternalString(java.lang.String externalString)
                                            throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Returns the Announcement.Type element specified by the externalString.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the given string is not an external representation of one of the elements of this enumeration class.