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Java 5 Enum Example

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Description

This simple example of a Java 5 Enum models a PREV/NEXT you might commonly see in a web app.

package foo.bar;

public enum PagingCriteriaDirection {
    NEXT("Next"), PREV("Previous");

    private String description;

    private PagingCriteriaDirection(String desc){
        description = desc;
    }

    public String getDescription() {
    	return description;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
    	return description;
    }
}

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Tags: java
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