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/**
* Provides a typesafe enumeration for the Variability attribute for
* instrumentation objects.
*
* @author Brian Doherty
*/
/* The enumeration values for this typesafe enumeration must be
* kept in synchronization with the Variability enum in the perfData.hpp file
* in the HotSpot source base.
*/
private int value;
/**
* An invalid Variablity value.
*/
/**
* Variability attribute representing Constant counters.
*/
/**
* Variability attribute representing a Monotonically changing counters.
*/
/**
* Variability attribute representing Variable counters.
*/
/**
* Returns a string describing this Variability attribute.
*
* @return String - a descriptive string for this enum.
*/
return name;
}
/**
* Returns the integer representation of this Variability attribute.
*
* @return int - an integer representation of this Variability attribute.
*/
public int intValue() {
return value;
}
/**
* Maps an integer value its corresponding Variability attribute.
* If the integer value does not have a corresponding Variability enum
* value, the {@link Variability#INVALID} is returned
*
* @param value an integer representation of a Variability attribute
* @return Variability - The Variability object for the given
* <code>value</code> or {@link Variability#INVALID}
* if out of range.
*/
return INVALID;
}
}
}
}