How to use enum in java with example

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• Category: JAVA/Core JAVA

• Submitted on: 2011-08-14 07:34:22

• Submitted By: Javin Paul

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Since Enum in Java is only available from Java 1.5 its worth to discuss how we used to represent enumeratic values in Java prior JDK 1.5 and without enum. I use public static final constant to replicate enum like behavior. Let’s see an example to understand the concept better. In this example we will use US Currency Coin as enum which has values like PENNY (1) NICKLE (5), DIME (10), and QUARTER (25).    More detail...

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