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Java program to create an enum inside the class

Java example to create an enum inside the class.
Submitted by Nidhi, on April 04, 2022

Problem statement

In this program, we will create a vehicle enumeration using enum inside the class Main. Then we will access the enum constant inside the main() method and print it.

Java program to create an enum inside the class

The source code to create an enum inside the class is given below. The given program is compiled and executed successfully.

// Java program to create an enum 
// inside the class

public class Main {
  enum Vehicle {
    BIKE,
    CAR,
    BUS
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Vehicle car = Vehicle.CAR;
    System.out.println("Vehicle is: " + car);
  }
}

Output

Vehicle is: CAR

Explanation

In the above program, we created an enumeration Vehicle inside class Main. The enum Vehicle contains 3 constants BIKE, CAR, BUS. The Main class also contains a static method main(). The main() method is the entry point for the program, here we created an enum object and initialized it with CAR constant. After that, we printed the enum constant.

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