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Enums has got one static method values() that returns the list of all enumerated constants, but where is this values() method defined, I donot see its signature in Enum class defined in java.lang package
 
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This is defined in the Java Language Specification, JLS - 8.9 Enums.

The direct superclass of an enum type named E is Enum<E>...

...if E is the name of an enum type, then that type has the following implicitly declared static methods:

 
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