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Java enum examples/tutorial

Java enum FAQ: Can you share some Java enum examples, such as how to declare a Java enum, and how to use a Java enum in a for loop, if then statement, and Java switch statement?

As described in Sun's Java documentation, a Java enum "is a type whose fields consist of a fixed set of constants ... you should use enum types any time you need to represent a fixed set of constants." Let's take a look at some Java enum examples to see how this works.

By Alvin Alexander on April 16, 2013

Java enum for loop example

Java enum FAQ: Can you share some Java enum for loop examples?

I've written several Java enum tutorials recently, (Java enum examples tutorial, Java enum switch example, and Java enum toString tutorial), and before leaving the "Java enum" topic, I thought it would be good to show one example that just focuses on the Java enum for loop syntax.

By Alvin Alexander on March 26, 2013

A Java enum toString example

Java enum FAQ: Can you share a Java enum toString example?

I haven't tried this before, but I was just working on several Java enum examples (Java enum examples tutorial, Java enum switch example), and I thought I'd take a look at the Java enum toString behavior.

To that end I wrote the following "Java enum toString" class:

By Alvin Alexander on March 26, 2013

A Java enum switch/case statement example

Java enum FAQ: Can you share a Java enum switch example? That is, how to use an enum with a Java switch statement?

In my earlier Java enum examples tutorial, I demonstrated how to declare a simple Java enum, and then how to use a Java enum with a variety of Java constructs, including a Java switch statement, a for loop, and an if/then statement.

By Alvin Alexander on March 26, 2013
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