enum.values() - is an order of returned enums deterministic

Question

I have a enum SOME_ENUM:

public enum SOME_ENUM {
  EN_ONE,
  EN_TWO,
  EN_THREE;
}

Will SOME_ENUM.values() alway

Answer 1

Yes, it is a guaranteed to return them in that order.

However you should avoid relying on that, and on the ordinal() value, since it can change after inserting new items, for example.