We’ll also take a look at java.lang.Enum<E extends Enum<E>>, which is the base class for all typesafe enums. What you’ll learn in this Java tutorial Why use typesafe enums and not enumerated types ...

How it’s supposed to work. The typesafe Java enum concept basically replaces the set of primitive constants above with a set of static final object references encapsulated in a class that ...

JPA and Hibernate enum mapping. The Java enum, introduced in Java 5, will map to the underlying database without any intervention. The JPA framework, be it Hibernate or Toplink or DataNucleus, will ...