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1. Did you know enum is reserve keyword in J2SE 1.5?    coderanch.com

Traditionally, I have normally used 'enum' as variable for Enumeration declaration in my classes. However, I discovered that 'enum' is a reserved keyword in J2SE 1.5 that means, need to re-factor the code. I thought, this is useful information which might be useful when code is migrated to 1.5 environment. Regards, Surendra

2. Why enum keyword in Java 5?    coderanch.com

I've been learning about the new enum keyword in Java 5. I'm curious what you can accomplish with the new enum keyword that you coudln't accmoplish before with regular Java objects. For example, you create an Enum class that does the following: - Contains a Map that associates String keys with Integer values. - Contains a private int that contains the ...

3. does "enum" keyword has become a part of java only in Java 1.5?    coderanch.com

The fix is to change the variable but meanwhile you can compile as follows:

4. enum is Java keyword ?    coderanch.com

In the Java programming language, you define an enum type by using the enum keyword. For example, you would specify a days-of-the-week enum type as: public enum Day { SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY } You should use enum types any time you need to represent a fixed set of constants. That includes natural enum types such as the ...

5. error: as of release 1.5, 'enum' is a keyword    coderanch.com

Hello, I am trying to run a simple web application using NetBeans from Marty Hall's book Core Servlets and JSPs. This webapp uses a package called Acme which I downloaded. Also in the webapp I have a number of Applets. But when I try to build the project it gives me the following error: Compiling 157 source files to C:\NETBEANS Projects\Core ...

6. Is enum a keyword    coderanch.com

7. as of release 5, 'enum' is a keyword...    coderanch.com

following is an open source project that can make keytool in GUI looks and use i try to understand and use it,however it display such error message during compile 1 of the file as of release 5, 'enum' is a keyword, and may not be used as an identifier following it he code /* * X509CertUtil.java * * Copyright ?2004 Wayne ...