Class LifeStage

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.core.util.ExtensibleEnum

org.episteme.natural.biology.LifeStage

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<ExtensibleEnum>

public final class LifeStage
extends ExtensibleEnum

Extensible categorization of organism life stages.

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 LifeStage	ADULT
static final LifeStage	EMBRYO
static final LifeStage	JUVENILE
static final LifeStage	OTHER
static final LifeStage	SENESCENT
static final LifeStage	UNKNOWN

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
LifeStage(String name)	Creates a new user-defined (non-built-in) life stage.

Method Summary

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

EMBRYO

public static final LifeStage EMBRYO

JUVENILE

public static final LifeStage JUVENILE

ADULT

public static final LifeStage ADULT

SENESCENT

public static final LifeStage SENESCENT

OTHER

public static final LifeStage OTHER

UNKNOWN

public static final LifeStage UNKNOWN

Constructor Details

LifeStage

public LifeStage(String name)

Creates a new user-defined (non-built-in) life stage.

Parameters:

name - Name of the life stage.

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 LifeStage valueOf(String name)

values

public static LifeStage[] values()