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Java 6 Illuminated: An Active Learning Approach, 2nd Edition
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Java 6 Illuminated: An Active Learning Approach, 2nd Edition

by Julie Anderson, Herve J. Franceschi
February 2008
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1288 pages
39h 39m
English
Jones & Bartlett Learning
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7.13 Enumeration Types 421
Figure 7.10
The AstronautClient2
Window
24
25 astro1.draw( g ); // draw first Astronaut
26 astro2.draw( g ); // draw second Astronaut
27 }
28 }
EXAMPLE 7.16 The AstronautClient2 Class with Two Astronauts
7.13 Enumeration Types
Enumeration types are designed to increase the readability of programs.
The enumeration type, enum, is a special kind of class declaration. It allows
us to define a set of named constant objects that can be used instead of
numbers in a program.
Enum types are useful for managing ordered sets where each member of
the set has a name. Examples are the days of the week, months of the year,
and playing cards. To repr ...
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