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Anonymous User198416-Oct-2014
I know that in Java an enum constant is implicitly static final variable. But the enum class can have an instance variable say size. So each enum constant will have a copy of 'size'. What is the equivalent Java code for this? I mean it "seems" the static enum constant is using a non-static instance variable which is not possible normally?
enumMembers{
        A(1),B(2),C(3);  // I have 3 enum constants here
 
        privateint size;
        Members (int size) {
            //System.out.println("Initializing var with size = "+size);
        }
    }

Equivalent code I know so far:

public final classMember extends Enums<Members> {
        publicstatic final Members A;
        // ...
        // What happened to size? How do A,B,C get a copy of size?
    }

Edit : To restate my question- I am interested in behind the scene implementation by compiler. I already know how to use enums. I am looking for what the compiler does? (so for example, if I simply write A, the compiler translates it to "public static final Member A". I want to know how compiler gives a copy of size to each A,B,C.

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16-Oct-2014
I mean it "seems" the static enum constant is using a non-static instance variable which is not possible normally?

It is absolutely possible: each static variable in the enum is an object in its own right, complete with its instance variables. The instance is static in the enum, but it does not make the context of the instance itself a static context.
public final classMember extends java.lang.Enums<Members> {
    publicstatic final Members A = new Member(1) {
        publicString toString() { return"A:"+size; }
    };
    publicstatic final Members B = new Member(2) {
        publicString toString() { return"B:"+size; }
    };
    publicstatic final Members C = new Member(3) {
        public String toString() { return"C:"+size; }
    };
    private final int size;
    protected Member(int size) { this.size = size; }
}

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