Why is Eclipse asking to declare strictfp inside enum

Question

I was trying out enum type in Java. When I write the below class,

public class EnumExample {
  public enum Day {
    private String mood;
    MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY;
    Day(String mood) {

    }
    Day() {

    }
  }
 }

Compiler says: Syntax error on token String, strictfp expected.
I do know what's strictfp but would it come here?

That's eclipse at its finest :D `strictfp` has nothing to do with strings, but with floating point arithmetic: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/517915/when-should-i-use-the-strictfp-keyword-in-java . — Svetlin Zarev, Feb 03 '15 at 18:33
Eclipse will also give the same error, if you accidentally put a whitespace instead of an underscore in your constant declaration name. Like 'MONDAY_INT VALUE' — jumps4fun, Aug 28 '18 at 08:23

score 37 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 01 '15 at 11:56

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You have maybe forgotten to add semicolon after last enum constant.

public enum Element {
    FIRE,
    WATER,
    AIR,
    EARTH,  // <-- here is the problem

    private String message = "Wake up, Neo";
}

answered Jun 01 '15 at 11:56

Firzen

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That's correct. And this bites you when mocking enums where you don't even have enum values. The solution then is to add the semicolon anyway, as in: private static enum EmptyEnum implements EnumKey { ; @Override public String key() { return null; } } – Jim Showalter Oct 15 '15 at 00:57
that's cheeky :) – Maulik Kayastha Jan 17 '21 at 11:56

score 25 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 03 '15 at 18:30

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The enum constants must be first in the enum definition, above the private variable.

Java requires that the constants be defined first, prior to any fields or methods.

Try:

public enum Day {
    MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY;
    private String mood;
    Day(String mood) {

    }
    Day() {

    }
  }

answered Feb 03 '15 at 18:30

rgettman

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Cool, got it. But, in no way this is related to `strictfp`, right? – Anoop Dixith Feb 03 '15 at 18:35
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No. My guess is that the Eclipse parser messed up. Your code had an error, but the error had nothing to do with `strictfp`. – rgettman Feb 03 '15 at 18:36
correct, Enum constants should first. then after we can write private variable. – Gaganam Krishna Jan 06 '22 at 16:35

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 05 '22 at 17:42

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You can't define instance variable before enum elements/attributes.

public enum Day {
   
    MONDAY("sad"), TUESDAY("good"), WEDNESDAY("fresh");
    private String mood;
    Day(String mood) {
    this.mood = mood;
 }

edited May 05 '22 at 17:42

Anil Nivargi

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answered May 02 '22 at 09:40

Ritunjay kumar

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Why is Eclipse asking to declare strictfp inside enum

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