Java: A Beginner's Guide, Eighth Edition, 8th Edition

Chapter 12

Enumerations, Autoboxing, Static Import, and Annotations

Key Skills & Concepts

●   Understand enumeration fundamentals

●   Use the class-based features of enumerations

●   Apply the values( ) and valueof( ) methods to enumerations

●   Create enumerations that have constructors, instance variables, and methods

●   Employ the ordinal( ) and compareTo( ) methods that enumerations inherit from Enum

●   Use Java’s type wrappers

●   Know the basics of autoboxing and auto-unboxing

●   Use autoboxing with methods

●   Understand how autoboxing works with expressions

●   Apply static import

●   Gain an overview of annotations

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