1 /**
2 * Logback: the reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework.
3 * Copyright (C) 1999-2011, QOS.ch. All rights reserved.
4 *
5 * This program and the accompanying materials are dual-licensed under
6 * either the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 as published by
7 * the Eclipse Foundation
8 *
9 * or (per the licensee's choosing)
10 *
11 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
12 * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
13 */
14 package ch.qos.logback.core.util;
15
16 /**
17 * AggregationType classifies how one object is contained within
18 * another object.
19 *
20 *
21 *
22 * See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_diagram
23 * and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_composition
24 *
25 * @author Ceki Gulcu
26 */
27 public enum AggregationType {
28 NOT_FOUND,
29 AS_BASIC_PROPERTY, // Long, Integer, Double,..., java primitive, String,
30 // Duration or FileSize
31 AS_COMPLEX_PROPERTY, // a complex property, a.k.a. attribute, is any attribute
32 // not covered by basic attributes, i.e.
33 // object types defined by the user
34 AS_BASIC_PROPERTY_COLLECTION, // a collection of basic attributes
35 AS_COMPLEX_PROPERTY_COLLECTION; // a collection of complex attributes
36 }