Re: enums and scope

From:
Lew <lew@lewscanon.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:22:02 -0500
Message-ID:
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richnjones@gmail.com wrote:

Consider these three class definitions in package core

1 package core;
2
3 enum PLANET {
4 MARS
5 }
6
7 public class A {
8 }

1 package core;
2
3 enum PLANET {
4 VENUS
5 }
6
7 public class B {
8 }

1 package core;
2
3 public class A {
4 public static void main(String... s) {
5 PLANET p = PLANET. //here
6 }
7 }

I appear to have created to default access enums called the same thing
but with different values. In which case I believe them to have the
same fully qualified name (core.PLANET) Im not sure how this is
compiling. It is though and my confusion is compounded by the fact
that the PLANET enum used by the //here comment resolves to the enum
in class A. Why does it choose that one?


I don't know how any of it compiles. Your statement labeled "here" isn't even
legal syntax, never mind how it might resolve the "PLANET" reference. (Class
names are supposed to be in mixed case, first letter upper case, CamelCase
throughout, btw.) You shouldn't be able to define two classes A in the same
package, either.

--
Lew

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