Why enum elements cant be made comparable?

Question

Is there some special reason or I'm missing something here? Does it mean that the only way to sort a list of enum elements using Collections is by using Comparator class?

Answer 1

javiator wrote:
Is there some special reason or I'm missing something here? Does it mean that the only way to sort a list of enum elements using Collections is by using Comparator class?Enums are comparable. You can however not override the method. From the Enum class:
public final int compareTo(E o)
Compares this enum with the specified object for order. Returns a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this object is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified object. Enum constants are only comparable to other enum constants of the same enum type. The natural order implemented by this method is the order in which the constants are declared.