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We’ll also take a look at java.lang.Enum<E extends Enum<E>>, which is the base class for all typesafe enums. What you’ll learn in this Java tutorial Why use typesafe enums and not enumerated types ...
Enum Serialization and Deserialization in Java Serialization: By default, Java serializes enums using their name() method, storing the enum constant's name as a string.
An enumeration (enum) in Java is a special data type that allows for a variable to be a set of predefined constants. These constants are typically defined as a list of named values, and they can be ...
Enumeration is used to retrieve or traverse all the elements of particular collection of objects. Its not considered for collections but we can use it for legacy like Vectors. To use it we need to ...
JPA and Hibernate enum mapping. 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 ...
Ashutosh‘s post Comparing Java Enums concludes that “using == over .equals() is more advantageous in two ways” (avoiding the NPE and getting the static compile-time check).