Enums: methods exclusive to each one of the instances

Question

From another question I have learnt that it is possible in Java to define specific methods for each one of the instances of an Enum:

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Answer 1

You need to declare abstract methods in your enum which are then implemented in specific enum instances.

class Outer {

    private enum MyEnum {
        X {
            public void calc(Outer o) {
                // do something
            }
        },
        Y {
            public void calc(Outer o) {
                // do something different
                // this code not necessarily the same as X above
            }
        },
        Z {
            public void calc(Outer o) {
                // do something again different
                // this code not necessarily the same as X or Y above
            }
        };

        // abstract method
        abstract void calc(Outer o);
    }

    public void doCalc() {
        for (MyEnum item : MyEnum.values()) {
            item.calc(this);
        }
    }
}