OrdinalValue

Type Parameters:

E - element type
```
public interface OrdinalValue<E extends OrdinalValue<E>>
```
Objects implementing this interface has stable ordinal attribute that could be used to arrange these object among other elements of the same type. Instances of the same kind are expected to be equal if they have the same value of ordinal().
In essence, this type expresses enumeration for object types that cannot be represented as Java enums. One of the justifications of such usage is sophisticated optimizations possible with data-structures that relies on the fact that number of different values of some type is countable and limited (usually, in correspondence to the problem domain that is being modeled).

See Also:

ImmutableOrdinalSet

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`OrdinalDomain<E>`	`domain()`	Domain that contains family of objects, arranged by ordinal
`int`	`ordinal()`	Zero based ordinal value

- Method Detail
  - ordinal
```
int ordinal()
```
    Zero based ordinal value
    
    Returns:
    
    the ordinal value
  - domain
```
OrdinalDomain<E> domain()
```
    Domain that contains family of objects, arranged by ordinal
    
    Returns:
    
    the domain