Description David Gates 2004-11-22 07:03:37 EST

This problem muddies namespaces.

--example--
//MyEnum.java
package bugdemo;
public enum MyEnum {
	VALUEA, VALUEB, VALUEC
}

//BugDemo.java
package bugdemo;
public class BugDemo {
	public void bugDemo(MyEnum parameter) {
		switch(parameter) {
			//causes error: "Cannot qualify the name of the enum constant VALUEA in a
case label"
			case MyEnum.VALUEA :
		}
	}
}

//BugDemo2.java
package bugdemo
import static bugdemo.MyEnum.VALUEA;
public class BugDemo2 {
	public void bugDemo(MyEnum parameter) {
		switch(parameter) {
			//works
			case VALUEA :
		}
	}
}