Switch statement with enumerated types

Question

Hello,
I'm currently having problems (error in eclipse) using enums in a
switch block. Eclipse says:
"The enum constant Constants.AnalysisType.<each case> reference cannot be qualified in a case label.
for each of the cases that I try to use the enumerated type. My code
looks something like this:
switch (analysisType) {
case Constants.AnalysisType.NONE:
    break;
case Constants.AnalysisType.MVGAVG:
    break;
}(With a number of cases omitted).
where analysisType is the enumerated type defined in
a file called Constants.java.
The class where the error is occuring is located at:
package myprog.ui.ViewPanelTab; and the enumerated type is declared at:
package myprog.utility.Constants;I have the required import statements in the ViewPanelTab class.
I have tried
public, private, public static, private static as modifiers on the enumeration.
Any ideas as to why eclipse won't let me do this.
Thanks for any help
Devon

Answer 1

Why is it that the entire switch and all of its cases have the same locality ?By "locality" do you mean "scope" (i.e. the inability to declare two variables with the same name)? I find it rather irritating that I can't write switch (foo)
    case bar:
        int quux = ...
        break;
    case baz:
        int quux = ...
        break;
}My guess as to the reason for the decision to disallow this is that otherwise removing a break statement could create a compiler error where there previously was none, and that this would be confusing. It is possible to create a fresh scope, though, by using braces:switch (foo)
    case bar:
        int quux = ...
        break;
    case baz:
        int quux = ...
        break;
}