Where are these methods documented

[Harsh Pensi]

Q.1. I'm not able to find the static values() method and the valueOf(String s) method for enums in the java.lang.Enum<E> specification. Where is this documented?

Q.2. Also, can we run the main method inside an enum as in code below?

 package myPackage;

enum Days{
	Sunday, Monday;
	public static void main(String[] args){
		Days[] d = Days.values();
		Days d1 = Days.valueOf("Sunday");
		System.out.println(d1);
	}
}
   

[Ulf Dittmer]

As to #1, start here: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/reflect/special/enum.html

As to #2, what happened when you tried?

[Christophe Verré]

Murtuza Arzai wrote:Q.1. I'm not able to find the static values() method and the valueOf(String s) method for enums in the java.lang.Enum<E> specification. Where is this documented?

In the Java Language Specification

[Harsh Pensi]

Ulf Dittmer wrote:
As to #2, what happened when you tried?

I tried to run this from RAD, but no corresponding class found to run.

@Christopher, I got both these methods mentioned there, but these must be associated with some Class and so why they are not found in the java 6 API spec?

[Christophe Verré]

Murtuza Arzai wrote:
@Christopher, I got both these methods mentioned there, but these must be associated with some Class and so why they are not found in the java 6 API spec?

These are implicitly declared static methods.

[Christophe Verré]

I tried to run this from RAD, but no corresponding class found to run.

How do you declare an enum as a class ?

[Harsh Pensi]

Christophe Verré wrote:
How do you declare an enum as a class ?

Enums are compiled to a .class file.