Absolutely. It's just that when you add a value to the fields, then avoid using the getOrdinal() method ;)
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Felix Knecht <fel...@apache.org> wrote: > Don't be as idiot as I was : use getValue instead of getOrdinal, which >> is based on the field order. Also always declare a 'value' field, not an >> 'ordinal' field, as it was done in many case... >> > > Well, it depends always on the use case. Some time ago when I fixed > DIRSHARED-64 (Transform IStates and inherited interfaces/implementing > classes to enums) I finally realized, that it's not really necessary to have > a custom value. Sometimes the use of the ordinal can make sense as well ( > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1028638&view=rev). > -- Regards, Cordialement, Emmanuel Lécharny www.iktek.com
