1 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // checkstyle: Checks Java source code and other text files for adherence to a set of rules.
3 // Copyright (C) 2001-2025 the original author or authors.
4 //
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9 //
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14 //
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18 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
19
20 package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle;
21
22 /**
23 * Represents the custom property type used in documentation and configuration files.
24 */
25 public enum PropertyType {
26
27 /** This property is a file. */
28 FILE("java.io.File"),
29
30 /** This property is a string represents an ISO 3166 2-letter code. */
31 LOCALE_COUNTRY("String (either the empty string or an uppercase ISO 3166 2-letter code)"),
32
33 /** This property is a string represents an ISO 639 code. */
34 LOCALE_LANGUAGE("String (either the empty string or a lowercase ISO 639 code)"),
35
36 /** This property is a regular expression pattern. */
37 PATTERN("java.util.regex.Pattern"),
38
39 /** This property is a string. */
40 STRING("java.lang.String"),
41
42 /** This property is a set of tokens. */
43 TOKEN_ARRAY("subset of tokens TokenTypes");
44
45 /** The human-readable property description. */
46 private final String description;
47
48 /**
49 * Creates a new {@code PropertyType} instance.
50 *
51 * @param description the human-readable property description
52 */
53 PropertyType(String description) {
54 this.description = description;
55 }
56
57 /**
58 * Returns the human-readable property description.
59 *
60 * @return human-readable property description
61 */
62 public String getDescription() {
63 return description;
64 }
65
66 }