When to use Enum / Int Constants

Question

I have a question that when should we use Enum and when should we use a final constants?

I know that it has been discussed at Enums and Constants. Which to use when? tho

Answer 1

When I'm programming personally, I use your method above when I wish to have a name represent an important integer. For example, MAX_INT which could map to int 50. This is useful because I can change the int to 60 if I wish without having to go through all of my code and change my 50s to 60s.

With an enum, it is (as this link explains) a special data type that enables for a variable to be a set of predefined constants. Therefore, this would be an ideal choice if you wanted to have a restricted set of values to choose from - whereas your chosen style above would be expandable and, as stated, easy to exploit by choosing a value not in bounds.