Re: Is there a limit to the number of "things" in an enum

From:

Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@epenguin.zzn.com>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.java.help

Date:

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:23:40 GMT

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JohnT wrote:

Here's my enum

package chess.common;

public enum BoardPosition {
    "QR","QK","QB","Q","K","KK","KB","KR",
    "QRP1","QKP1","QBP1","QP1","KP1","KKP1","KBP1","KRP1",
    "QRP2","QKP2","QBP2","QP2","KP2","KKP2","KBP2","KRP2",
    "QRP3","QKP3","QBP3","QP3","KP3","KKP3","KBP3","KRP3",
    "QRP4","QKP4","QBP","QP4","KP4","KKP4","KBP4","KRP4",
    "QRP5","QKP5","QBP5","QP5","KP5","KKP5","KBP5","KRP5",
    "QRP6","QKP6","QBP6",*"QP6"*,"KP6","KKP6","KBP6","KRP6",
    "QRP7","QKP7","QBP7","QP7","KP7","KKP7","KBP7","KRP7";

}

When I type this in, Eclipse is complaining about the QP6 element.
The exact error I am getting is:

Syntax error, insert "EnumBody" to complete EnumDeclaration.

I have searched the API and JavaDocs and google but have not found any
indication that there is a limit to the number of elements (not sure
what the proper name is) that an enum can have.

Any one see what I'm doing wrong?

There is a limit in the class file, over 65,000 elements, though: this
is a specific limitation of the VM spec and not the language spec.