Package org.bukkit.entity

Enum EntityCategory

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<EntityCategory>

org.bukkit.entity.EntityCategory

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<EntityCategory>

public enum EntityCategory
extends Enum<EntityCategory>

A classification of entities which may behave differently than others or be affected uniquely by enchantments and potion effects among other things.

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
ARTHROPOD	Entities of the arthropod family.
ILLAGER	Entities that participate in raids.
NONE	Any uncategorized entity.
UNDEAD	Undead creatures.
WATER	Entities that reside primarily underwater (excluding Drowned).

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static EntityCategory	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static EntityCategory[]	values()	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

NONE

public static final EntityCategory NONE

Any uncategorized entity. No additional effects are applied to these entities relating to a categorization.

UNDEAD

public static final EntityCategory UNDEAD

Undead creatures. These creatures:

• Are damaged by potions of healing.
• Are healed by potions of harming.
• Are immune to drowning and poison.
• Are subject to burning in daylight (though not all).
• Sink in water (except Drowned, Phantoms and Withers).
• Take additional damage from Enchantment.DAMAGE_UNDEAD.
• Are ignored by Withers.

ARTHROPOD

public static final EntityCategory ARTHROPOD

Entities of the arthropod family. These creatures:

• Take additional damage and receive PotionEffectType.SLOW from Enchantment.DAMAGE_ARTHROPODS.
• Are immune to PotionEffectType.POISON if they are spiders.

ILLAGER

public static final EntityCategory ILLAGER

Entities that participate in raids. These creatures:

• Are immune to damage from EvokerFangs.
• Are ignored by vindicators named "Johnny".
• Are hostile to villagers, wandering traders, iron golems and players.

WATER

public static final EntityCategory WATER

Entities that reside primarily underwater (excluding Drowned). These creatures:

• Take additional damage from Enchantment.IMPALING.
• Are immune to drowning (excluding dolphins).
• Take suffocation damage when out of water for extended periods of time (excluding guardians and turtles).
• Are capable of swimming in water rather than floating or sinking.

Method Detail

values

public static EntityCategory[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (EntityCategory c : EntityCategory.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static EntityCategory valueOf(String name)

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