An enumerated type specifies a set of related constants as its values. Examples include the days in a week, the standard north/south/east/west compass directions, a currency’s coin denominations, and ...

One of the benefits claimed for the Naked Objects approach (see article 1) is that it helps in the capture and modeling of business requirements. There is a widespread misconception that modeling ...

More than once, I have seen code such as the following (without the comments I have added to point out flaws), in which a well-intentioned Java developer has ensured that their favorite Enum ...

To effectively use Unified Modeling Language when developing Java applications, developers must have a thorough understanding of the UML elements and how these elements map to Java. To effectively use ...