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An enum type defines a fixed set of constants that can be used as fields. The document provides examples of how to define an enum called Day with weekday constants, how to iterate through the enum values, and how to define methods within the enum class. Methods within an enum can access and compare the enum values.

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Introduction To Programming 1

An enum type defines a fixed set of constants that can be used as fields. The document provides examples of how to define an enum called Day with weekday constants, how to iterate through the enum values, and how to define methods within the enum class. Methods within an enum can access and compare the enum values.

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J9a Enum type

Introduction to Programming 1 1
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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