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Learn how to serialize and deserialize enums in Java, the pros and cons of different approaches, and the best practices for doing it right.

Enums are a powerful feature of Java that allow you to define a set of named constants with optional values and methods. They can make your code more readable, type-safe, and robust.

The specification explicitly spells out that this is permissible as does the Java Tutorials (which uses != rather than !Enum.equals). I actually go further than that and state that it is preferable.

Although it is part of the java.util.concurrent package, the TimeUnit enum is useful in many contexts outside of concurrency .