[ajug-members] boolean best?

[Wilson, Jeff]

If you are using Java 1.5 or higher, use an enum:

 

public enum Sex { MALE, FEMALE }

 

public class Living {

  private Sex sex = Sex.MALE;

}

 

Enums in Java are full-fledged objects and can have methods and fields,
which often makes for better code, and is more correct from an OO point
of view.

 

+jeff (MJW) 

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M. Jeff Wilson, Lead Member Technical Staff 

AT&T Services, Inc. 

Operations & Service Dev 

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From: 521 [mailto:521 at ofig.org] 
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 8:25 AM
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Subject: [ajug-members] boolean best?

 

would boolean be best...:

an object/class named Living...

?have a string gender ("male"/"female") OR have a boolean isMale or
isFemale?

which is more efficient (better design/etc.)?

barclay

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