net.sf.marineapi.nmea.util
Enum Datum

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Enum<Datum>
      net.sf.marineapi.nmea.util.Datum

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Datum>

public enum Datum
extends Enum<Datum>

Defines the supported datums, i.e. the coordinate systems used to specify geographic positions.

Version:

$Revision: 4 $

Author:

Kimmo Tuukkanen

See Also:

Position

Enum Constant Summary

NAD27
North American Datum 1927

NAD83
North American Datum 1983

WGS84
World Geodetic System 1984, the default datum in GPS systems.

Method Summary

static Datum	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static Datum[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they're declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

WGS84

public static final Datum WGS84

World Geodetic System 1984, the default datum in GPS systems.

NAD83

public static final Datum NAD83

North American Datum 1983

NAD27

public static final Datum NAD27

North American Datum 1927

Method Detail

values

public static final Datum[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they're declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for(Datum c : Datum.values())
        System.out.println(c);

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static Datum 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