1 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // checkstyle: Checks Java source code and other text files for adherence to a set of rules.
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18 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
19
20 package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api;
21
22 import java.util.Locale;
23
24 /**
25 * Represents a Java visibility scope.
26 *
27 */
28 public enum Scope {
29
30 /** Nothing scope. */
31 NOTHING,
32 /** Public scope. */
33 PUBLIC,
34 /** Protected scope. */
35 PROTECTED,
36 /** Package or default scope. */
37 PACKAGE,
38 /** Private scope. */
39 PRIVATE,
40 /** Anonymous inner scope. */
41 ANONINNER;
42
43 @Override
44 public String toString() {
45 return getName();
46 }
47
48 /**
49 * Returns name of severity level.
50 *
51 * @return the name of this severity level.
52 */
53 public String getName() {
54 return name().toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH);
55 }
56
57 /**
58 * Checks if this scope is a subscope of another scope.
59 * Example: PUBLIC is a subscope of PRIVATE.
60 *
61 * @param scope a {@code Scope} value
62 * @return if {@code this} is a subscope of {@code scope}.
63 */
64 public boolean isIn(Scope scope) {
65 return compareTo(scope) <= 0;
66 }
67
68 /**
69 * Scope factory method.
70 *
71 * @param scopeName scope name, such as "nothing", "public", etc.
72 * @return the {@code Scope} associated with {@code scopeName}
73 */
74 public static Scope getInstance(String scopeName) {
75 return valueOf(Scope.class, scopeName.trim().toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH));
76 }
77
78 }