# Enum AssetDef.Kind

java.lang.Object
java.lang.Enum<AssetDef.Kind>
com.codename1.gaming.level.AssetDef.Kind

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Comparable<AssetDef.Kind>`

Enclosing class:
  `AssetDef`

public static enum AssetDef.Kind extends Enum<AssetDef.Kind>
How an asset is placed: painted into a grid cell, or freely positioned.

- ## Enum Constant Summary

  Enum Constants
  Enum Constant
  Description
  `ACTOR`
  A freely placed entity / model.
  `TILE`
  Painted into a grid cell of a `Layer.Kind#TILE` layer.

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `static AssetDef.Kind`
  `fromWire(String name)`
  The kind for a JSON token (case-insensitive); defaults to `#ACTOR`.
  `static AssetDef.Kind`
  `valueOf(String name)`
  Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
  `static AssetDef.Kind[]`
  `values()`
  Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.
  `String`
  `wireName()`
  The lowercase JSON token for this kind (`"tile"` / `"actor"`).

  ### Methods inherited from class Enum

  `clone, compareTo, equals, getDeclaringClass, getEnumValues, hashCode, name, ordinal, setEnumValues, toString, valueOf`

  ### Methods inherited from class Object

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

- ## Enum Constant Details

  - ### TILE

    public static final AssetDef.Kind TILE
    Painted into a grid cell of a `Layer.Kind#TILE` layer.

  - ### ACTOR

    public static final AssetDef.Kind ACTOR
    A freely placed entity / model.

- ## Method Details

  - ### values

    public static AssetDef.Kind[] values()
    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 AssetDef.Kind 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

  - ### wireName

    public String wireName()
    The lowercase JSON token for this kind (`"tile"` / `"actor"`).

  - ### fromWire

    public static AssetDef.Kind fromWire(String name)
    The kind for a JSON token (case-insensitive); defaults to `#ACTOR`.