Java using enum with switch statement

The part you’re missing is converting from the integer to the type-safe enum. Java will not do it automatically. There’s a couple of ways you can go about this: Use a list of static final ints rather than a type-safe enum and switch on the int value you receive (this is the pre-Java 5 approach) … Read more

enum to string in modern C++11 / C++14 / C++17 and future C++20

Magic Enum header-only library provides static reflection for enums (to string, from string, iteration) for C++17. For more examples check home repository https://github.com/Neargye/magic_enum. Where is the drawback? This library uses a compiler-specific hack (based on __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ / __FUNCSIG__), which works on Clang >= 5, MSVC >= 15.3 and GCC >= 9. Enum value must be in range [MAGIC_ENUM_RANGE_MIN, MAGIC_ENUM_RANGE_MAX]. By default MAGIC_ENUM_RANGE_MIN … Read more

Enum Naming Convention – Plural

Microsoft recommends using singular for Enums unless the Enum represents bit fields (use the FlagsAttribute as well). See Enumeration Type Naming Conventions (a subset of Microsoft’s Naming Guidelines). To respond to your clarification, I see nothing wrong with either of the following: or

Best way to create enum of strings?

I don’t know what you want to do, but this is how I actually translated your example code…. Alternatively, you can create a getter method for text. You can now do Strings.STRING_ONE.toString();

What is the difference between array and enum in C ?

Array is a variable that can contain multiple elements with index starting from 0 whereas enum is an user defined datatype that contains a list of members for which an integer constant is assigned starting from 0. in case of enum the numbers starting from 0 are not indexes whereas in case of an array they are indexes. … Read more