org.apache.commons.lang.enum (Core Language Utilities (Version 2.4))

Class Summary
Enum	Abstract superclass for type-safe enums. One feature of the C programming language lacking in Java is enumerations.
EnumUtils	Utility class for accessing and manipulating Enums.
ValuedEnum	Abstract superclass for type-safe enums with integer values suitable for use in `switch` statements. NOTE:Due to the way in which Java ClassLoaders work, comparing `Enum` objects should always be done using the equals() method, not `==`.

Package org.apache.commons.lang.enum Description:

Deprecated and replaced by org.apache.commons.lang.enums and will be removed in version 3.0.

All classes in this package are deprecated and repackaged to org.apache.commons.lang.enums since enum is a Java 1.5 keyword.

Provides an implementation of the C style enum in the Java world.

The classic example being an RGB color enumeration.

public final class ColorEnum extends Enum {
    public static final ColorEnum RED = new ColorEnum("Red");
    public static final ColorEnum GREEN = new ColorEnum("Green");
    public static final ColorEnum BLUE = new ColorEnum("Blue");

    private ColorEnum(String color) {
        super(color);
    }

    public static ColorEnum getEnum(String color) {
        return (ColorEnum) getEnum(ColorEnum.class, color);
    }

    public static Map getEnumMap() {
        return getEnumMap(ColorEnum.class);
    }

    public static List getEnumList() {
        return getEnumList(ColorEnum.class);
    }

    public static Iterator iterator() {
        return iterator(ColorEnum.class);
    }
}

Since: 1.0