Coding Conventions - Naming Enums

Question

Is there a convention for naming enumerations in Java?

My preference is that an enum is a type. So, for instance, you have an enum

Fruit{Apple,Orange,Banana,Pear, ... }

NetworkConnectionType{LAN,Data_3g,Data_4g, ... }

I am opposed to naming it:

FruitEnum
NetworkConnectionTypeEnum

I understand it is easy to pick off which files are enums, but then you would also have:

NetworkConnectionClass
FruitClass

Also, is there a good document describing the same for constants, where to declare them, etc.?

Answer 1

If I can add my $0.02, I prefer using PascalCase as enum values in C.

In C, they are basically global, and PEER_CONNECTED gets really tiring as opposed to PeerConnected.

Breath of fresh air.

Literally, it makes me breathe easier.

In Java, it is possible to use raw enum names as long as you static import them from another class.

import static pkg.EnumClass.*;

Now, you can use the unqualified names, that you qualified in a different way already.

I am currently (thinking) about porting some C code to Java and currently 'torn' between choosing Java convention (which is more verbose, more lengthy, and more ugly) and my C style.

PeerConnected would become PeerState.CONNECTED except in switch statements, where it is CONNECTED.

Now there is much to say for the latter convention and it does look nice but certain "idiomatic phrases" such as if (s == PeerAvailable) become like if (s == PeerState.AVAILABLE) and nostalgically, this is a loss of meaning to me.

I think I still prefer the Java style because of clarity but I have a hard time looking at the screaming code.

Now I realize PascalCase is already widely used in Java but very confusing it would not really be, just a tad out of place.