Using an enum in a constructor

[Roedy Green]

The terms as defined by the JLS are much more specific than they are in
general usage.

I got in the habit of calling them "inner classes" and "static inner
classes" before someone explained the proper terminology. I went over
the http://mindprod.com/jgloss/enum.html entry tightening the wording.

 

[Roedy Green]

My current understanding is that it is to promote binary compatibility:
changing the order of the enum constants wouldn't break the switch
statement under this scheme. Sun really does go far to try and keep code
binary-compatible.

Thanks. I have updated the entry http://mindprod.com/jgloss/enum.html