Should I ever use Enums as discriminators?

Question

When do Enumerations break down?

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To support a new feature in an existing system, I was just considering implementing some form of discriminator to an entity ta

Answer 1

Those Enumeration Classes look neat, I've often looked jealously at Java's enums.

I think the usual rules apply: do the Simplest Thing That Could Possibly Work. If you find yourself with more than one switch on the enum, then that's a smell, and time to consider the pattern you've found.

Otherwise, why burden yourself with something you don't need?