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Re: enum, what is it good for?

From Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: enum, what is it good for?
Date 2015-04-24 20:28 +0200
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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

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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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