Enumeration - in COBOL and Java

COBOL Java
enum-id Action.
   78 #Start.   *> Start is a reserved word so use '#' symbol
   78 #Stop.
   78 #Rewind.
   78 #Forward.
end enum.

enum-id Status.
   78 Flunk value 50.
   78 Pass  value 70.
   78 Excel value 90.
end enum.

class-id MainClass.
method-id main static.
   declare a = type Action::Stop
   if a not = type Action::Start
       display a & " is " & a as binary-long   *> Prints "Stop is 1"
    end-if
   display type Status::Pass as binary-long    *> prints 70
   display type Status::Pass *> prints 
end method.
end class.
public class enumeration
{
    public enum Action
    {
        Start, 
        Stop, 
        Rewind, 
        Forward;
    }
    
    public enum Status
    {
        Flunk(50), 
        Pass(70),
        Excel(90);
        
        int mark;
        
        public int getMark()
        {
            return mark;
        }
        
        Status(int mark)
        {
            this.mark = mark;
        }
    }
    
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Action a = Action.Stop;
        if (a != Action.Start)
        {
            // Ordinal is printing out the 0-based index of the entry
            // rather than its "value"
            System.out.println(a +  " is " + new Integer(a.ordinal()).toString()); 
            
            System.out.println(Status.Pass.getMark());// can only print value 
                                                      // if enum defines method
            System.out.println(Status.Pass); // prints Pass
        }

    }

}

Portions of these examples were produced by Dr. Frank McCown, Harding University Computer Science Dept, and are licensed under a Creative Commons License.