What is the best way to implement constants in Java? [closed]

Answer 1

In Effective Java (2nd edition), it's recommended that you use enums instead of static ints for constants.

There's a good writeup on enums in Java here: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/language/enums.html

Note that at the end of that article the question posed is:

So when should you use enums?

With an answer of:

Any time you need a fixed set of constants