Thread: switch with Enums

public class SomeClass
{
     public static enum Days {SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY}
 
     public static void main(String[] args)
     {
          Days a = Days.SUNDAY;
          switch(a)
          {
               case Days.SUNDAY:
                    System.out.println("Today is sunday");
                    break;
               case Days.Saturday:
                    System.out.println("Today is saturday");
                    break;
               default:
                    System.out.println("Today is some weekday");
               }
     }
}

oh no! i forgot to ask how to make an input for it... big sorry for this..

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A lot of the code I post is off the top of my head. It takes too much time to open up eclipse and type the same thing when I could just do it here. Yeah, I forgot you don't need the full quantifier for enums in switch statements. You do need them in any other conditionals, though.

forgive me but i have so many questions.. to avoid confusing,i will state it numerically.

1.) why are the enums in these switch programs declared as public, not private? is the logic in constant variable/data members apply into it? (and accessibility ), so it can be used by other programs if I WANT IT to?

for example:
.DAY_OF_WEEK of GregorianCalendar class. it can be used by other programs although its constant.

OR enums should be declared as public?
(hope you understand what i want to know). --SOLVED (no.1);


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2.) when will be the

default:

executed in this switch? I made an input value as i asked,(according to the algorithm that sir Json gave me, THAT I HAVE TO INPUT THE EXACT CASE of the enum variable).when i entered a String thats differs form the case of the enum variables ,There's an exception error, theres no 'default' ..even the program that sir Json made in tutorials,the switch will generate a random switch enum value...i run it many times but i dont see the execution of the default part.. why is it?

3.)I cant override the code of .value() method, why would i like to?, I want to see how does the string value CONVERTED into an enum type just by passing it into the parameter of this method. why should I implement the .valueOf() method, Tthe program is still running fine withour implementing it.?
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4.) last and for most. when i was coding this (editing this code) i've notice that the logic of these program can be made by just using if-then-else structure...

QUESTION: is my program efficient with this kind of structure? why did i ask this? this question came up in my mind when i was coding this part,
the 'if-then' part(its no yet finished) but before i end this part.. I have to ask these questions first.

 String keyIn,
                enumFormat = "";
 
         System.out.print("Enter the day: ");
         keyIn = sc.next();
 
         if (keyIn.equals("Sat") || (keyIn.equals("Saturday")
                 || (keyIn.equals("SAT")) || keyIn.equals("saturday"))
                 || (keyIn.equals("sat"))) {
 
             keyIn = "SATURDAY";
             enumFormat = keyIn;
         }
 
         Days days = Days.valueOf(enumFormat);
 
         switch(days) {
]

you can notice that the logic of the 'if-then' part.is that no matter what format i will input, it will still send an exact the same CASE of the enum as String in the .value() method..

so far regarding with editing this code with my simple logic here what I got so far.. please check any INEFFICIENCIES ...

public class SwitchSample3_EnumType_UF {
 
     private static Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
 
     private static enum Days {sun, sunday, SUNDAY, mon, monday, MONDAY, tues,
     tuesday, TUESDAY, wed, wednesday, WEDNESDAY, thurs, thursday, THURSDAY,
     fri, friday, FRIDAY, sat, saturday, SATURDAY}
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
 
         String keyIn,
                enumFormat = "";
 
         System.out.print("Enter the day: ");
         keyIn = sc.next();
 
         Days days = Days.valueOf(keyIn);
 
         switch(days) {
 
             case SUNDAY:
             case sunday:
             case sun:
 
                 System.out.println("Today is Sunday");
                 break;
 
             case MONDAY:
             case monday:
             case mon:
 
                 System.out.println("Today is Monday");
                 break;
 
             case TUESDAY:
             case tuesday:
             case tues:
 
                 System.out.println("Today is Tuesday");
                 break;
 
             case WEDNESDAY:
             case wednesday:
             case wed:
 
                 System.out.println("Today is Wednesday");
                 break;
 
             case THURSDAY:
             case thursday:
             case thurs:
 
                 System.out.println("Today is Thursday");
                 break;
 
             case FRIDAY:
             case friday:
             case fri:
 
                 System.out.println("Today is Friday");
                 break;
 
             case SATURDAY:
             case saturday:
             case sat:
 
                 System.out.println("Today is Saturday!");
                 break;
 
             default:
 
                 System.out.println("Say What? Make Your Own Calendar!");
                 break;
         }
     }
}

The default block is equivalent to the "else" part of an if-else statement. If the given test is false for all the cases, then the default section will be executed.

private static enum Days {sun, sunday, SUNDAY, mon, monday, MONDAY, tues,
     tuesday, TUESDAY, wed, wednesday, WEDNESDAY, thurs, thursday, THURSDAY,
     fri, friday, FRIDAY, sat, saturday, SATURDAY}

I wouldn't declare so many different day enums, in Java they are all different (also in C/C++, but there is a way to get around this in these languages. Java has them as always different)

Also, you're calling a Days.valueOf(String day) without defining that method inside your enum. Remember, the computer isn't that smart, and you must tell it what you want when you call that method

In the olden days, enum stood for enumeration, which is basically a fancy way to say counting/numbering. Each enum value was given an integer value, starting from 0, and counted up. However, you were allowed to assign values to these enums. In Java, this has changed. For the better or for worse is personal opinion. Java's enums are special values and have no integer/number equivalent (unless you define some special conversion method). They also have no String equivalent."SUNDAY" != Days.SUNDAY!!

In this case, it doesn't matter if you declared the enum public, protected, or private because you used it completely within one class. However, if you want other classes to be able to inherit the enum and use it, it can't be private, and if you want any class to be able to use it, the enum can't be protected or private.

Enums are kind of in a special group like interfaces are. They can behave like classes, but also have some special properties/limits put on them.

edit:

Hmm, it turns out there's an Enum wrapper class, and that apparently does have the valueOf method defined I still wouldn't create so many enums and would over-write the valueOf method and have "Sunday", "sun", and "SUNDAY" all map to the same enum value.

public enum Days
{
     SUNDAY,MONDAY,TUESDAY,WEDNESDAY,THURSDAY,FRIDAY,SATURDAY;
 
     public Days valueOf(String str)
     {
          if (str.toLowerCase().equals("sunday") || str.toLowerCase().equals("sun"))
          {
               return SUNDAY;
          }
          //... etc
     }
}