Troubles with a switch case and final expression?

Question

Been developing C/C++ for quite a while and still new to Java, and struggling with even the simplest things ... Why isnt this switch/case working?
have some final "variable" declared in a class contating "constants" like this ...
public class CConstants {
  public static final int MY_CONSTANT1 = 0x01;
}Now, If I'm trying to use "MY_CONSTANT1" in a case stateent, I get the error "constant expression required" ?
CConstants c = new CConstants();
switch(condition){
  case c.MY_CONSTANT1: { //do some work; break; }
  default: { }
}I thought this would be a nice idea to increase readability as there will be a long switch/case statement.
Please help!
Edited by: George.F on Sep 3, 2009 3:07 AM
Edited by: George.F on Sep 3, 2009 3:08 AM

Answer 1

You should refer to that constant as CConstants.MY_CONSTANT1.
Refering to it via a reference to CConstants is possible but strongly discouraged (infact I'd make CConstants non-instantiable by adding a private constructor).
Other than that your code should work.
Could you post a SSCCE that demonstrates your problem.