// enums/EnumClass.java

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// Capabilities of the Enum class

enum Shrubbery { GROUND, CRAWLING, HANGING }

public class EnumClass {

public static void main(String[] args) {

for(Shrubbery s : Shrubbery.values()) {

System.out.println(

s + " ordinal: " + s.ordinal());

System.out.print(

s.compareTo(Shrubbery.CRAWLING) + " ");

System.out.print(

s.equals(Shrubbery.CRAWLING) + " ");

System.out.println(s == Shrubbery.CRAWLING);

System.out.println(s.getDeclaringClass());

System.out.println(s.name());

System.out.println("********************");

}

// Produce an enum value from a String name:

for(String s :

"HANGING CRAWLING GROUND".split(" ")) {

Shrubbery shrub =

Enum.valueOf(Shrubbery.class, s);

System.out.println(shrub);

}

}

}

/* Output:

GROUND ordinal: 0

-1 false false

class Shrubbery

GROUND

********************

CRAWLING ordinal: 1

0 true true

class Shrubbery

CRAWLING

********************

HANGING ordinal: 2

1 false false

class Shrubbery

HANGING

********************

HANGING

CRAWLING

GROUND

*/