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-Chapter 10: Enums
-An Overview of Enum
-Enums in a Class
-The java.lang.Enum Class
-Iterating Enumerated Values
-Switching on Enum
-Summary
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-Introduction
-Chapter 1: Your First Taste of Java
-Chapter 2: Language Fundamentals
-Chapter 3: Statements
-Chapter 4: Objects and Classes
-Chapter 5: Core Classes
-Chapter 6: Inheritance
-Chapter 7: Error Handling
-Chapter 8: Numbers and Dates
-Chapter 9: Interfaces and Abstract Classes
-Chapter 10: Enums
-Chapter 11: The Collections Framework
-Chapter 12: Generics
-Chapter 13: Input Output
-Chapter 14: Nested and Inner Classes
-Chapter 15: Swing Basics
-Chapter 16: Swinging Higher
-Chapter 17: Polymorphism
-Chapter 18: Annotations
-Chapter 19: Internationalization
-Chapter 20: Applets
-Chapter 21: Java Networking
-Chapter 22: Java Database Connectivity
-Chapter 23: Java Threads
-Chapter 24: Security
-Chapter 25: Java Web Applications
-Chapter 26: JavaServer Pages
-Chapter 27: Javadoc
-Chapter 28: Application Deployment
-Appendix A: javac
-Appendix B: java
-Appendix C: jar
-Appendix D: NetBeans
-Appendix E: Eclipse

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Chapter 10

Enums

In Chapter 2, “Language Fundamentals,” you have seen that you sometimes use static final fields as enumerated values. Java 5 adds a new type, enum, for enumerating values. This chapter presents a complete discussion of enum.

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