Java switch statement: Constant expression required, but it IS constant

Question

So, I am working on this class that has a few static constants:

public abstract class Foo {
    ...
    public static final int BAR;
    public static final          


        

Answer 1

I recommend you to use enums :)

Check this out:

public enum Foo 
{
    BAR("bar"),
    BAZ("baz"),
    BAM("bam");

    private final String description;

    private Foo(String description)
    {
        this.description = description;
    }

    public String getDescription()
    {
        return description;
    }
}

Then you can use it like this:

System.out.println(Foo.BAR.getDescription());