wt.util
Class WriteMode

java.lang.Object
  wt.util.WriteMode

public class WriteMode

extends Object

WriteMode is an enumeration of modes for writing to an OutputFile.

See Also:

OutputFile

Field Summary

static WriteMode	APPEND Append to an existing file.
static WriteMode	BACKUP Create a backup of any existing file, before re-writing it.
static WriteMode	MERGE Merge into an existing file.
static WriteMode	ORIGINAL Only open the file, if it doesn't already exist.
static WriteMode	OVERWRITE Clobber an existing file.
protected String	value
private static String	versionID

Constructor Summary

protected

WriteMode(String theValue)

Method Summary

static WriteMode	toEnum(String theValue) Obtain the WriteMode representation of the String value.
String	toString() Obtain the String representation of the WriteMode value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

versionID

private static final String versionID

See Also:

Constant Field Values

value

protected String value

ORIGINAL

public static final WriteMode ORIGINAL

Only open the file, if it doesn't already exist.

OVERWRITE

public static final WriteMode OVERWRITE

Clobber an existing file.

MERGE

public static final WriteMode MERGE

Merge into an existing file.

BACKUP

public static final WriteMode BACKUP

Create a backup of any existing file, before re-writing it.

APPEND

public static final WriteMode APPEND

Append to an existing file.

Constructor Detail

WriteMode

protected WriteMode(String theValue)

Method Detail

toEnum

public static WriteMode toEnum(String theValue)

Obtain the WriteMode representation of the String value.

Parameters:

theValue - the String value of one of the possible WriteMode values

Returns:

the WriteMode representation of the String value

toString

public final String toString()

Obtain the String representation of the WriteMode value.

Returns:

the String representation of the WriteMode value