Can I set enum start value in Java?

Question

I use the enum to make a few constants:

enum ids {OPEN, CLOSE};

the OPEN value is zero, but I want it as 100. Is it possible?

Answer 1

whats about using this way:

public enum HL_COLORS{
          YELLOW,
          ORANGE;

          public int getColorValue() {
              switch (this) {
            case YELLOW:
                return 0xffffff00;
            case ORANGE:
                return 0xffffa500;    
            default://YELLOW
                return 0xffffff00;
            }
          }
}

there is only one method ..

you can use static method and pass the Enum as parameter like:

public enum HL_COLORS{
          YELLOW,
          ORANGE;

          public static int getColorValue(HL_COLORS hl) {
              switch (hl) {
            case YELLOW:
                return 0xffffff00;
            case ORANGE:
                return 0xffffa500;    
            default://YELLOW
                return 0xffffff00;
            }
          }

Note that these two ways use less memory and more process units .. I don't say this is the best way but its just another approach.