Enum from C/C++ in java?

Question

This is really a question for people who have used C/C++ and now use Java. Is there anything like the enum from the C/C++ language in Java? I would really like to use something like this, but as far as I can tell there is no way to create an enumeration of identifiers even by trying something like #define (any Java equivilent?). The best I can think of is create a class of 'properties' that have a bunch staticly defined variables.
-- Deep_T

Answer 1

Here's what I've done in the past for typseafe enums:
public class Color{
public static final Color RED=new Color();
public static final Color GREEN=new Color();
}There may be better ways to do it...I think the standard idiom is to have a private constructor that takes a string. This way a) you can't add new elements at runtime (though maybe in some cases you want to?) and b) you can have a meaningful toString() method.