AccessMode (Starjava ARRAY API)

java.lang.Object
- uk.ac.starlink.array.AccessMode

```
public class AccessMode
extends java.lang.Object
```
Access mode identifier. Objects in this class are used to indicate what kind of access is required for a requested array object. This class exemplifies the typesafe enum pattern -- the only possible instances are supplied as static final fields of the class, and these instances are immutable.

Author:

Mark Taylor (Starlink)

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static AccessMode`	`READ`	Object representing read-only access.
`static AccessMode`	`UPDATE`	Object representing update (read and write) access.
`static AccessMode`	`WRITE`	Object representing write-only access.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`isReadable()`	Indicates whether this mode includes read access.
`boolean`	`isWritable()`	Indicates whether this mode includes write access.
`java.lang.String`	`toString()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - READ
```
public static final AccessMode READ
```
    Object representing read-only access.
  - UPDATE
```
public static final AccessMode UPDATE
```
    Object representing update (read and write) access.
  - WRITE
```
public static final AccessMode WRITE
```
    Object representing write-only access.
- Method Detail
  - isReadable
```
public boolean isReadable()
```
    Indicates whether this mode includes read access.
    
    Returns:
    
    true for READ and UPDATE, false for WRITE
  - isWritable
```
public boolean isWritable()
```
    Indicates whether this mode includes write access.
    
    Returns:
    
    true for WRITE and UPDATE, false for READ
  - toString
```
public java.lang.String toString()
```
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class java.lang.Object