Class ElementCategory

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.core.util.ExtensibleEnum

org.episteme.natural.chemistry.ElementCategory

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<ExtensibleEnum>

public final class ElementCategory
extends ExtensibleEnum

Categorization of chemical elements (e.g. Alkali Metal, Noble Gas). Extends ExtensibleEnum to support new categories (e.g. Superheavy elements).

Since:

1.1

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final ElementCategory	ACTINIDE
static final ElementCategory	ALKALI_METAL
static final ElementCategory	ALKALINE_EARTH_METAL
static final ElementCategory	CHEMICALLY_UNKNOWN
static final ElementCategory	HALOGEN
static final ElementCategory	LANTHANIDE
static final ElementCategory	METALLOID
static final ElementCategory	NOBLE_GAS
static final ElementCategory	NONMETAL
static final ElementCategory	POST_TRANSITION_METAL
static final EnumRegistry<ElementCategory>	REGISTRY
static final ElementCategory	TRANSITION_METAL
static final ElementCategory	UNKNOWN

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ElementCategory(String name)

Method Summary

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

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

REGISTRY

public static final EnumRegistry<ElementCategory> REGISTRY

ALKALI_METAL

public static final ElementCategory ALKALI_METAL

ALKALINE_EARTH_METAL

public static final ElementCategory ALKALINE_EARTH_METAL

TRANSITION_METAL

public static final ElementCategory TRANSITION_METAL

POST_TRANSITION_METAL

public static final ElementCategory POST_TRANSITION_METAL

METALLOID

public static final ElementCategory METALLOID

NONMETAL

public static final ElementCategory NONMETAL

HALOGEN

public static final ElementCategory HALOGEN

NOBLE_GAS

public static final ElementCategory NOBLE_GAS

LANTHANIDE

public static final ElementCategory LANTHANIDE

ACTINIDE

public static final ElementCategory ACTINIDE

CHEMICALLY_UNKNOWN

public static final ElementCategory CHEMICALLY_UNKNOWN

UNKNOWN

public static final ElementCategory UNKNOWN

Constructor Details

ElementCategory

public ElementCategory(String name)

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 ElementCategory valueOf(String name)