Java Advanced Programming Tutorial 6 Setting Values To Enum

How to create an enum in java

[tcbetka]

I haven't programmed in Java for a while, but couldn't you have just assigned values like in C/C++?

enum Power {
WEAK = 1, MODERATE, STRONG
}

I'll have to fire up Eclipse and try it, but shouldn't that do the same thing you've done here?

[tcbetka]

No...it doesn't work! Silly Java...gotta be different. Looks like you do indeed need to use a ctor. So you've taught me something--thanks! It's been a few years since I've written much Java code, because I've been writing C/C++ and C#. ;)