知道枚举就像其他具有常量字段和私有构造函数的类一样是有用的。

例如,

public enum Weekday
{
  MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY
} 

编译器按如下方式编译它;

class Weekday extends Enum
{
  public static final Weekday MONDAY  = new Weekday( "MONDAY",   0 );
  public static final Weekday TUESDAY = new Weekday( "TUESDAY ", 1 );
  public static final Weekday WEDNESDAY= new Weekday( "WEDNESDAY", 2 );
  public static final Weekday THURSDAY= new Weekday( "THURSDAY", 3 );
  public static final Weekday FRIDAY= new Weekday( "FRIDAY", 4 );
  public static final Weekday SATURDAY= new Weekday( "SATURDAY", 5 );
  public static final Weekday SUNDAY= new Weekday( "SUNDAY", 6 );

  private Weekday( String s, int i )
  {
    super( s, i );
  }

  // other methods...
}

不管别人怎么说…在我曾经工作过的一个旧项目中，实体(独立应用程序)之间的大量通信使用代表一个小集合的整数。用静态方法将set声明为enum很有用，可以从value中获取enum object，反之亦然。代码看起来更干净，开关案例可用性和更容易写入日志。

enum ProtocolType {
    TCP_IP (1, "Transmission Control Protocol"), 
    IP (2, "Internet Protocol"), 
    UDP (3, "User Datagram Protocol");

    public int code;
    public String name;

    private ProtocolType(int code, String name) {
        this.code = code;
        this.name = name;
    }

    public static ProtocolType fromInt(int code) {
    switch(code) {
    case 1:
        return TCP_IP;
    case 2:
        return IP;
    case 3:
        return UDP;
    }

    // we had some exception handling for this
    // as the contract for these was between 2 independent applications
    // liable to change between versions (mostly adding new stuff)
    // but keeping it simple here.
    return null;
    }
}

使用ProtocolType.fromInt(2)从接收的值(例如1,2)创建enum对象 使用myEnumObj.name写入日志

希望这能有所帮助。

我会使用枚举作为有用的映射工具，避免使用多个if-else 前提是实现了一些方法。

public enum Mapping {

    ONE("1"),
    TWO("2");

    private String label;

    private Mapping(String label){
        this.label = label;
    }

    public static Mapping by(String label) {

        for(Mapping m: values() {
            if(m.label.equals(label)) return m;
        }

        return null;
    }

}

因此by(String label)方法允许您通过非枚举获取枚举值。此外，还可以创建两个枚举之间的映射。还可以尝试“1对多”或“多对多”，除了“一对一”的默认关系

最后，enum是一个Java类。你可以在里面有main方法，这在需要马上对参数做一些映射操作时很有用。

这里有很多答案，只想指出两个具体的:

1)在Switch-case语句中作为常量使用。 Switch case不允许使用String对象作为case。枚举可以派上用场。更多:http://www.javabeat.net/2009/02/how-to-use-enum-in-switch/

2)再次实现单例设计模式- Enum，来拯救。这里的用法:在Java中使用Enum作为单例的最佳方法是什么?

对于我来说，使代码在未来可读的枚举最有用的适用情况是在下一个代码片段中表示:

public enum Items {
    MESSAGES, CHATS, CITY_ONLINE, FRIENDS, PROFILE, SETTINGS, PEOPLE_SEARCH, CREATE_CHAT
}

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menuPrm) {
    // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menuPrm);
    View itemChooserLcl;
    for (int i = 0; i < menuPrm.size(); i++) {
        MenuItem itemLcl  = menuPrm.getItem(i);
            itemChooserLcl = itemLcl.getActionView();
            if (itemChooserLcl != null) {
                 //here Im marking each View' tag by enume values:
                itemChooserLcl.setTag(Items.values()[i]);
                itemChooserLcl.setOnClickListener(drawerMenuListener);
            }
        }
    return true;
}
private View.OnClickListener drawerMenuListener=new View.OnClickListener() {
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        Items tagLcl= (Items) v.getTag();
        switch (tagLcl){
            case MESSAGES: ;
            break;
            case CHATS : ;
            break;
            case CITY_ONLINE : ;
            break;
            case FRIENDS : ;
            break;
            case  PROFILE: ;
            break;
            case  SETTINGS: ;
            break;
            case  PEOPLE_SEARCH: ;
            break;
            case  CREATE_CHAT: ;
            break;
        }
    }
};

除了@BradB，回答:

That is so true... It's strange that it is the only answer who mention that. When beginners discover enums, they quickly take that as a magic-trick for valid identifier checking for the compiler. And when the code is intended to be use on distributed systems, they cry... some month later. Maintain backward compatibility with enums that contains non static list of values is a real concern, and pain. This is because when you add a value to an existing enum, its type change (despite the name does not).

"Ho, wait, it may look like the same type, right? After all, they’re enums with the same name – and aren’t enums just integers under the hood?" And for these reasons, your compiler will likely not flag the use of one definition of the type itself where it was expecting the other. But in fact, they are (in most important ways) different types. Most importantly, they have different data domains – values that are acceptable given the type. By adding a value, we’ve effectively changed the type of the enum and therefore break backward compatibility.

总之:当你想使用它的时候使用它，但是，请检查所使用的数据域是一个有限的、已知的、固定的集合。