Its value goes beyond that, however, because this SDK enum is an example of the power of the Java enum and demonstrates multiple ways to harness that power. Additional Resources.

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JPA and Hibernate enum mapping. The Java enum, introduced in Java 5, will map to the underlying database without any intervention. The JPA framework, be it Hibernate or Toplink or DataNucleus, will ...