com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api
Class SeverityLevel

java.lang.Object
  com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.SeverityLevel

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable

public final class SeverityLevel
extends Object
implements Comparable, Serializable

Severity level for a check violation.

Each violation of an audit check is assigned one of the severity levels defined here.

Author:

David Schneider

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static SeverityLevel	ERROR Severity level: error.
static SeverityLevel	IGNORE Severity level: ignore.
static SeverityLevel	INFO Severity level: informational.
static SeverityLevel	WARNING Severity level: warning.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(Object aObject)
boolean	equals(Object aObj) The equals method.
static SeverityLevel	getInstance(String aSeverityName) SeverityLevel factory method.
String	getName()
int	hashCode() The hashCode method.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

IGNORE

public static final SeverityLevel IGNORE

Severity level: ignore. This is the lowest severity level.

INFO

public static final SeverityLevel INFO

Severity level: informational.

WARNING

public static final SeverityLevel WARNING

Severity level: warning.

ERROR

public static final SeverityLevel ERROR

Severity level: error. This is the highest severity level.

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getName

public String getName()

Returns:

the name of this severity level.

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object aObject)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

equals

public boolean equals(Object aObj)

The equals method.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

aObj - Object to compare to.

Returns:

true means equal, false means not equal.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

The hashCode method.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

hash code for the object.

getInstance

public static SeverityLevel getInstance(String aSeverityName)

SeverityLevel factory method.

Parameters:

aSeverityName - severity name, such as "ignore", "info", etc.

Returns:

the SeverityLevel associated with aSeverityName