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Re: use case for extending enum, but this is not possible in java

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From	Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid>
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On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 01:24:47 +0200, Laura Schmidt <ls@mailinator.com>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>How would you do this?

The only tool I have found that might be remotely  useful in this
situation is having your enums implement an interface.
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Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com
Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster. 
~ Niklaus Wirth (born: 1934-02-15 age: 80) Wirth's Law

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use case for extending enum, but this is not possible in java Laura Schmidt <ls@mailinator.com> - 2014-06-15 01:24 +0200
  Re: use case for extending enum, but this is not possible in java Steven Simpson <ss@domain.invalid> - 2014-06-15 01:04 +0100
  Re: use case for extending enum, but this is not possible in java Marcel Müller <news.5.maazl@spamgourmet.org> - 2014-06-15 02:53 +0200
  Re: use case for extending enum, but this is not possible in java markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2014-06-14 18:58 -0700
  Re: use case for extending enum, but this is not possible in java Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2014-06-15 12:20 +0200
  Re: use case for extending enum, but this is not possible in java Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2014-06-15 12:21 +0200
  Re: use case for extending enum, but this is not possible in java "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2014-06-15 11:58 +0100
  Re: use case for extending enum, but this is not possible in java Wanja Gayk <brixomatic@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-16 01:08 +0200
  Re: use case for extending enum, but this is not possible in java Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-06-15 22:20 -0700

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