Learning Outcome

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• create an application that uses enumerated types

Silent Watching

• watch this video

Review

• review 2D arrays

Lesson

• go over "Enumeration", Chapter 5
  • Computer Based Problem Solving
• Java review of enums
  • http://tutorials.jenkov.com/java/enums.html
  • https://www.tutorialspoint.com/java/lang/enum_valueof.htm

Activity

• remember enumeration looks like this in Java:

public enum DaysOfWeek 

{    

    Sunday,

    Monday,

    Tueday,

    Wednesday,

    Thusday,

    Friday,

    Saturday,

}

Daily Assignment

• create a program about the planets that uses enumeration to save position and name of the planets
• it should function like the one below

Extra

• figure out why you would use an enum over an array