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Re: enum, what is it good for?

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Am 24.04.2015 20:28, schrieb Robert Klemme:
> On 21.04.2015 04:30, Stefan Ram wrote:
>
>>    So, is there any reason to prefer »enum« to »class«?
>
> Additionally to what others have said in favor of enums already, you can
> *very* concisely override methods in enum instances which is helpful for
> implementing state, strategy and similar patterns.  With classes that
> will look a lot more bulky.
>
> Kind regards
>
>      robert
>
can you elaborate on that? In what way is overriding an Enum method more 
concise than overriding an ordinary class method?

In any case, I am delighted that it is not too late to discuss Java 5 
features. Here's a short Enum-related blog post from May 2008 which I 
have always liked:

http://tobega.blogspot.de/2008/05/beautiful-enums.html

Too bad we have lambdas now.

-- Sebastian

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Re: enum, what is it good for? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2015-04-24 20:28 +0200
  Re: enum, what is it good for? Sebastian <news@seyweiler.dyndns.org> - 2015-04-24 22:49 +0200
    Re: enum, what is it good for? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2015-04-25 10:41 +0200

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