cdmlibrary/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/model/common/Enumeration.java

   1 /**
   2 * Copyright (C) 2007 EDIT
   3 * European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy
   4 * http://www.e-taxonomy.eu
   5 *
   6 * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
   7 * See LICENSE.TXT at the top of this package for the full license terms.
   8 */
   9
  10 package etaxonomy.cdm.model.common;
  11
  12
  13 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
  14
  15 /**
  16  * A single enumeration must only contain DefinedTerm instances of one kind
  17  * (=class)
  18  * @author m.doering
  19  * @version 1.0
  20  * @created 02-Nov-2007 18:14:47
  21  */
  22 public class Enumeration extends DefinedTermBase {
  23         static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(Enumeration.class);
  24
  25         //The order of the enumeration list is a linear order that can be used for statistical purposes. Measurement scale =
  26         //ordinal
  27         @Description("The order of the enumeration list is a linear order that can be used for statistical purposes. Measurement scale = ordinal")
  28         private boolean isOrdinal;
  29
  30         public boolean isOrdinal(){
  31                 return isOrdinal;
  32         }
  33
  34         /**
  35          *
  36          * @param newVal
  37          */
  38         public void setOrdinal(boolean newVal){
  39                 isOrdinal = newVal;
  40         }
  41
  42 }