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why is this illegal?
enum Test{ a,b,3}; i think enum are used to hold any values so that we can limit the values



this is possible even though K&B says that enum cannot be in a method....then why in a static class? and why not in a static method?
 
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because a static inner class is actually a top level nested class.

and an enum is a list of constant values assigned to a type.
 
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isnt 3 a constant? what if i create a enum Test{1,2,3}?
 
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but 3 is different type then a&b.

i think enum{1,2,3} will do.
 
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enum{1,2,3} doesnt compile...
 
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From the JLS

Nested enum types are implicitly static. It is permissable to explicitly declare a nested enum type to be static.

This implies that it is impossible to define a local enum, or to define an enum in an inner class

 
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Raju Champaklal wrote:enum{1,2,3} doesnt compile


How is enum {1,2,3} supposed to compile?? Is 1 or 2 or 3 a legal identifier??
 
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