Enum Help !

[podonga poron]

What is this code doing ?

enum translateSpanish{
    HELLO("Hola"), BYE("Chau");
    String responce; // what is doing here
    translateSpanish(String get){
        responce = get; //what is doing here
    }
}
 
class testEnum{
    static translateSpanish ts; //can you call a class using static ?
    public static void main(String[] args){
    System.out.println(ts.HELLO.responce); //why this concatenation ?
    }
}

thanks !
[ May 29, 2008: Message edited by: podonga poron ]

[Rodrigo Lopes]

Originally posted by podonga poron:
[QB]What is this code doing ?

enum translateSpanish{
    HELLO("Hola"), BYE("Chau");
    String responce; // what is doing here [B]Declaring a String attribute[/B]
    translateSpanish(String get){
        responce = get; //what is doing here [B]assigning one reference to another[/B]
    }
}
 
class testEnum{
    static translateSpanish ts; //can you call a class using static ?
// [B]it's declaring an static attribute of enum type translateSpanish[/B]
    public static void main(String[] args){
    System.out.println(ts.HELLO.responce); //why this concatenation ?
//[B]It's not a concatenation. [/B]
//[B]The "." operator is used to call a message in one object.[/B]
//[B]It's getting the value of the responce attribute from the HELLO enum[/B]
    }
}

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