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| From | Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: enum, what is it good for? |
| Date | 2015-04-24 20:28 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <cpvgbcFaqjeU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <enum-20150421042614@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> |
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 -- remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/
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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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