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An enum (also known as enumeration and enumerated data type) lets you create an ordered list of constants as a type. Before we discuss what an enum is and why we need it, let’s consider a problem and solve it using Java features that were available before enum, which was introduced in Java 5.
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Sharan, K. (2017). Enum Types. In: Beginning Java 9 Fundamentals. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2902-6_22
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