////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 // checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.

 // Copyright (C) 2001-2014  Oliver Burn

 //

 // This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

 // modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public

 // License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either

 // version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

 //

 // This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

 // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

 // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU

 // Lesser General Public License for more details.

 //

 // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public

 // License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software

 // Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api;

 /**

  * <p>

  * Severity level for a check violation.

  * </p>

  * <p>

  * Each violation of an audit check is assigned one of the severity levels

  * defined here.

  * </p>

  *

  * @author David Schneider

  * @author Travis Schneeberger

  */

 public enum SeverityLevel

 {

     /** security level ignore. */

     IGNORE,

     /** security level info. */

     INFO,

     /** security level warning. */

     WARNING,

     /** security level error. */

     ERROR;

     @Override

     public String toString()

     {

         return getName();

     }

     /**

      * @return the name of this severity level.

      */

     public String getName()

     {

         return name().toLowerCase();

     }

     /**

      * SeverityLevel factory method.

      *

      * @param aSecurityLevelName level name, such as "ignore", "info", etc.

      * @return the <code>SeverityLevel</code>

      * associated with <code>aSecurityLevelName</code>

      */

     public static SeverityLevel getInstance(String aSecurityLevelName)

     {

         return valueOf(SeverityLevel.class, aSecurityLevelName.trim()

                 .toUpperCase());

     }

 }