Module jdk.compiler
Package com.sun.source.tree

## Enum CaseTree.CaseKind

- java.lang.Object
- - java.lang.Enum<CaseTree.CaseKind>
  - - com.sun.source.tree.CaseTree.CaseKind

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    `Serializable`, `Comparable<CaseTree.CaseKind>`, `Constable`
  Enclosing interface:
    CaseTree

      @Deprecated(forRemoval=true,
                  since="12")
      public static enum CaseTree.CaseKind
      extends Enum<CaseTree.CaseKind>

  Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
  This enum is used to model a rule case, which is part of a preview feature and may be removed if the preview feature is removed.
  The syntatic form of this case:
  - STATEMENT: `case <expression>: <statements>`
  - RULE: `case <expression> -> <expression>/<statement>`
  Since:
    12

- - ### Nested Class Summary

    - ### Nested classes/interfaces declared in class java.lang.Enum

      `Enum.EnumDesc<E extends Enum<E>>`

  - ### Enum Constant Summary

    Enum Constants
    Enum Constant | Description
    --- | ---
    `RULE` | Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Case is in the form: `case <expression> -> <expression>`.
    `STATEMENT` | Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Case is in the form: `case <expression>: <statements>`.

  - ### Method Summary

    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `static CaseTree.CaseKind` | `valueOf​(String name)` | Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
    `static CaseTree.CaseKind[]` | `values()` | Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

    - ### Methods declared in class java.lang.Enum

      `clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf`

    - ### Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

      `getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Enum Constant Detail

    - #### STATEMENT

          public static final CaseTree.CaseKind STATEMENT

      Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
      Case is in the form: `case <expression>: <statements>`.

    - #### RULE

          public static final CaseTree.CaseKind RULE

      Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
      Case is in the form: `case <expression> -> <expression>`.

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### values

          public static CaseTree.CaseKind[] values()

      Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
      Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.
      Returns:
        an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

    - #### valueOf

          public static CaseTree.CaseKind valueOf​(String name)

      Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.
      Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)
      Parameters:
        `name` - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
      Returns:
        the enum constant with the specified name
      Throws:
        `IllegalArgumentException` - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
        `NullPointerException` - if the argument is null