J9a Enum type

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 Enum
● An enum type is a type whose fields consist of a
fixed set of constants.

public enum Day { SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY,

WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY }

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 Example 1
public class EnumTest {
Day day;

public EnumTest(Day day) {

this.day = day;
}

public void tellItLikeItIs() {

switch (day) {
case MONDAY:
System.out.println("Mondays are bad.");
break;

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 Example 1
case FRIDAY:
System.out.println("Fridays are better.");
break;

case SATURDAY:
case SUNDAY:
System.out.println("Weekends are best.");
break;
default:
System.out.println("Midweek days are so-
so.");
break;
}
}

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 Example 2
● have a static values method that returns an array
containing all of the values

for (Day d : Day.values()) {

System.out.println("The day is:” +

d.toString());
}

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 Example 3
● The enum class body can include methods and
other fields (not necessarily static)
● an enum cannot be instantiated
public class Main {

Day d;
enum Day { SUN,MON,TUES;

public boolean isMon(Day a) {

return (a==Day.MON);
}
}

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 Example 3

public static void main(tring[] args) {

Main m = new Main();

Day d1 = m.d;
d1 = Day.TUES;
boolean ans = d1.isMon(d1);

}
}

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