# Enum Class Gender

java.lang.Object
java.lang.Enum<Gender>
com.independentsoft.pst.Gender

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Serializable`, `Comparable<Gender>`, `Constable`

public enum Gender extends Enum<Gender>
Specifies the gender of a contact.

- ## Nested Class Summary

  ### Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Enum

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

- ## Enum Constant Summary

  Enum Constants
  Enum Constant
  Description
  `FEMALE`
  Female.
  `MALE`
  Male.
  `NONE`
  The gender is not specified.

- ## Method Summary

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

  ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

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

  ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

- ## Enum Constant Details

  - ### FEMALE

    public static final Gender FEMALE
    Female.

  - ### MALE

    public static final Gender MALE
    Male.

  - ### NONE

    public static final Gender NONE
    The gender is not specified.

- ## Method Details

  - ### values

    public static Gender[] values()
    Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.
    Returns:
      an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared

  - ### valueOf

    public static Gender valueOf(String name)
    Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (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 class has no constant with the specified name
      `NullPointerException` - if the argument is null