Class BiologicalSex

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.core.util.ExtensibleEnum

org.episteme.natural.biology.BiologicalSex

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<ExtensibleEnum>

public final class BiologicalSex
extends ExtensibleEnum

Extensible enumeration for biological sex. Supports standard sexual dimorphism as well as asexual and hermaphroditic cases.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final BiologicalSex	ASEXUAL
static final BiologicalSex	FEMALE
static final BiologicalSex	HERMAPHRODITE
static final BiologicalSex	MALE
static final BiologicalSex	OTHER
static final BiologicalSex	UNKNOWN

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
BiologicalSex(String name)	Creates a new user-defined (non-built-in) biological sex.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	isBuiltIn()	Checks if this is a built-in (predefined) value.
static BiologicalSex	valueOf(String name)
static BiologicalSex[]	values()

Methods inherited from class ExtensibleEnum

compareTo, description, equals, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Details

MALE

public static final BiologicalSex MALE

FEMALE

public static final BiologicalSex FEMALE

HERMAPHRODITE

public static final BiologicalSex HERMAPHRODITE

ASEXUAL

public static final BiologicalSex ASEXUAL

OTHER

public static final BiologicalSex OTHER

UNKNOWN

public static final BiologicalSex UNKNOWN

Constructor Details

BiologicalSex

public BiologicalSex(String name)

Creates a new user-defined (non-built-in) biological sex.

Parameters:

name - Name of the sex.

Method Details

isBuiltIn

public boolean isBuiltIn()

Description copied from class: ExtensibleEnum

Checks if this is a built-in (predefined) value. Default implementation returns true to mimic standard Enum behavior unless explicitly overridden.

Overrides:

isBuiltIn in class ExtensibleEnum

valueOf

public static BiologicalSex valueOf(String name)

values

public static BiologicalSex[] values()