Re: Using an enum in a constructor
Roedy Green wrote:
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:33:13 GMT, Wojtek <nowhere@a.com> wrote, quoted
or indirectly quoted someone who said :
public class Foo
{
private static final int DEFAULT_LENGTH = 30;
private Type ivType;
private int ivLength;
public enum Type
{
OTHER,
FIXED,
VARIABLE;
}
You have this as a nested inner instance class. I have always made my
enums separate top level classes. Perhaps you are allowed to define
them as static inner classes. Perhaps there are magic exceptions made
for enums to the usual nesting rules. Is there a language lawyer
about?
JLS ?8.9 (I think; I haven't checked since Wednesday) says that all
enums are implicitly static classes and not inner instance classes.
Therefore:
public class Foo
{
public enum Type { }
}
and
public class Foo
{
public static enum Type { }
}
are equivalent.
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