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1 /*
2  * Copyright 2002-2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
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16 package org.apache.commons.lang.enums;
17
18 import java.util.Iterator JavaDoc;
19 import java.util.List JavaDoc;
20 import java.util.Map JavaDoc;
21
22 /**
23  * Color enumeration which demonstrates how to define the constants in a
24  * different class to the Enum. The extra <code>static{}</code> block is
25  * needed to ensure that the enum constants are created before the
26  * static methods on the ColorEnum are used.
27  * <p>
28  * The class loader sees the two classes here as independent - the enum
29  * class is nested, not an inner class. The static block thus forces the
30  * class load of the outer class, which is needed to initialise the enums.
31  *
32  * @author Stephen Colebourne
33  * @version $Id: NestLinked.java 161244 2005-04-14 06:16:36Z ggregory $
34  */
35
36 public final class NestLinked {
37     
38     public static final ColorEnum RED = new ColorEnum("Red");
39     public static final ColorEnum GREEN = new ColorEnum("Green");
40     public static final ColorEnum BLUE = new ColorEnum("Blue");
41     
42     public NestLinked() {
43         super();
44     }
45     
46     public static final class ColorEnum extends Enum JavaDoc {
47
48         static {
49             // Explicitly reference the class where the enums are defined
50 Object JavaDoc obj = NestLinked.RED;
51         }
52         
53         private ColorEnum(String JavaDoc color) {
54             super(color);
55         }
56
57         public static ColorEnum getEnum(String JavaDoc color) {
58             return (ColorEnum) getEnum(ColorEnum.class, color);
59         }
60
61         public static Map JavaDoc getEnumMap() {
62             return getEnumMap(ColorEnum.class);
63         }
64
65         public static List JavaDoc getEnumList() {
66             return getEnumList(ColorEnum.class);
67         }
68
69         public static Iterator JavaDoc iterator() {
70             return iterator(ColorEnum.class);
71         }
72     }
73 }
74
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