"Unlike most modern languages, Java does not support the concept of user-defined enumerated types--enums. This article revisits the topic one more time, briefly defining what it means for a programming language to support enums and reviewing the strengths and weaknesses of two alternative approaches for Java. It then presents a mini-language for defining enums compactly. A small "compiler" that translates this mini-language into Java source code is provided as a resource accompanying this article."
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