After all, a typesafe enum is essentially a special kind of Java class. Finally, Enum’s Java documentation doesn’t include a values() method because the compiler manufactures this method while ...

Most new Java developers quickly learn that they should generally compare Java Strings using String.equals(Object) rather than using ==. This is emphasized and reinforced to new developers ...

The Java enum, introduced in Java 5, will map to the underlying database without any intervention. The JPA framework, be it Hibernate or Toplink or DataNucleus, will recognize the Java enum and ...