Description Andrew Ferguson 2005-09-02 10:23:08 EDT

hi,

 if you compile a switch statement on an enum type under javac, then it 
rejects code which compiles without error under the compiler built into 
eclipse.

javac does not accept enumeration constants in parentheses. the compiler built 
into eclipse does. An example is

enum Foo { A, B }

Foo foo = 1==1 ? A : B;
switch(foo) {
   case (A): System.out.println(" a "); break;
   case (B): System.out.println(" b "); break;
}

javac will complain about this, while the eclipse compiler won't. The Java 
Language Spec. appears to agree with javac from my understanding.

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/statements.html#14.11