Integrating Java Enums with JPA and PostgreSQL Enums

Enums are a powerful feature in Java, allowing us to define a fixed set of constants. When using JPA (Java…

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Supply Enum Value to an Annotation From a Constant in Java

In this tutorial, we will delve into how Java allows us to use a constant to supply an enum value…

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Of Hacking Enums and Modifying ‘final static’ Fields

In this newsletter, originally published in The Java Specialists’ Newsletter Issue 161 we examine how it is possible to create…

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Java Enums: You have grace, elegance and power and this is what I Love!

While Java 8 is coming, are you sure you know well the enums that were introduced in Java 5? Java…

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Java Enum puzzler

Let’s suppose we have the following code: enum Case { CASE_ONE, CASE_TWO, CASE_THREE; private static final int counter; private int…

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