TableOrientation.java

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package gov.nasa.arc.mct.table.model;

/**
 * Defines the orientation, or reading-order, of a table,
 * either row-wise or column-wise. A table that represents
 * objects will usually have the objects be rows or columns,
 * and attributes of those objects form the other axis.
 */
public enum TableOrientation {

	/**
	 * The primary axis of the table is horizontal, with rows
	 * representing the objects in the table.
	 */
	ROW_MAJOR,
	
	/**
	 * The primary axis of the table is vertical, with columns
	 * representing the objects in the table.
	 */
	COLUMN_MAJOR
	
}