''[Voting on JavaDesignFlaws page.]''

C and C++ have "enum."  Now Java does too.  So why aren't you happy?  

''Shouldn't this link to the CeePlusPlusDesignFlaws page, instead? :-)''

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''Yes, I know you can define a class with "static const final" definitions of valid values, but that still doesn't give you an enumerated type -- the values aren't instances of the class, now are they?''

See EnumeratedTypesInJava for a solution which is actually ''more'' useful than C/C++'s "enum".

''I've seen this gripe a million times and you know, I've been working in Java for over two years now (with C++ before) and have not yet missed typedefs or enums... Just goes to show you can't be all things to all people.''

Discussion of the advantages of EnumeratedTypes moved to that page.

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''Threadlet about whether Java is an OO language moved to ObjectOrientedProgramming.''

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Enumerated types have been added to Java 1.5, and yes they are proper class instances which means that you can do proper polymorphism.