JournalInitialPosition (Hazelcast Root 5.4.0-SNAPSHOT API)

java.lang.Object
- java.lang.Enum<JournalInitialPosition>
- - com.hazelcast.jet.pipeline.JournalInitialPosition

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<JournalInitialPosition>
```
public enum JournalInitialPosition
extends java.lang.Enum<JournalInitialPosition>
```
When passed to an IMap/ICache Event Journal source, specifies which event to start from. You can start from the oldest event still in the journal or skip all the history and receive only the events that occur after connecting to the event journal.
See:
Since:

Jet 3.0

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants
Enum Constant	Description
`START_FROM_CURRENT`	Skip all the history and emit only the events that occur after connecting to the journal.
`START_FROM_OLDEST`	Start from the oldest event still available.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static JournalInitialPosition`	`valueOf(java.lang.String name)`	Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
`static JournalInitialPosition[]`	`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
  - START_FROM_OLDEST
```
public static final JournalInitialPosition START_FROM_OLDEST
```
    Start from the oldest event still available.
  - START_FROM_CURRENT
```
public static final JournalInitialPosition START_FROM_CURRENT
```
    Skip all the history and emit only the events that occur after connecting to the journal.
- Method Detail
  - values
```
public static JournalInitialPosition[] 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 (JournalInitialPosition c : JournalInitialPosition.values()) System.out.println(c);
    Returns:
    
    an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared
  - valueOf
```
public static JournalInitialPosition valueOf(java.lang.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:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if the argument is null