Re: In praise of Java 1.5 enums

"farseer" <farseer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> i have always written my own enum classes that maintain a hashtable to
> ensure only one instance of any enum constant is instantiated. how
> does the new classes help?

It doesn't give you any new functionality, just a shorter syntax.
Behind the scene, enum classes are compiled into type-safe enum
classes.

/L
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