Java enum complete tutorial

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This article teaches you how to use an enum in Java. Code examples help you to understand the enumeration syntax.

Step 1 - Java enum usage explained

Java enum explained

Prior Java 1.5 there was no real enums in the language. It was able to imitate the enum functionality but it was not type safe and there was no namespace to make the code more readable.

With Java 1.5 finally enum was arrived. You can simply define an enumeration using the enum keyword and the following syntax:   more...