Enum class member with interface cannot find methods internally

Question

I'm having a strange issue which I'm not sure if it's a compiler problem or my understanding of enums with interfaces. I'm using IntelliJ IDEA 12, building an Android project, and I have a class like this:

public class ClassWithEnum {
    private MyEnum myEnum;

    //Trying to access it internally here throws the error
    public boolean isActionable() {
        return myEnum.isActionable();
    }

    public enum MyEnum implements Action {
        ACTIONABLE() {
            @Override
            public boolean isActionable() { return true; }
        },
        NOT_ACTIONABLE() {
            @Override
            public boolean isActionable() { return false; }
        }
    }

    public interface Action {
        public boolean isActionable();
    }
}

Now, this was working initially, but now the compiler is complaining (and I've tried this in a brand new project as well with the same results) with the error:

java: /Users/kcoppock/Documents/Projects/EnumInterfaceTest/src/com/example/EnumInterfaceTest/ClassWithEnum.java:11: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method isActionable()
location: class com.example.EnumInterfaceTest.ClassWithEnum.MyEnum

I've done this before (enumerations with behaviors defined by an interface) with no issues. Any thoughts?

Answer 1

You need to implement isActionable() method in MyEnum itself. Because the method isActionable() defined inside the ACIONABLE and NOT_ACTIONABLE are local to them . So you need the global method for the MyEnum enum .

use this code instead:

public enum MyEnum implements Action {
        ACTIONABLE() {
            @Override
            public boolean isActionable() { return true; }
        },
        NOT_ACTIONABLE() {
            @Override
            public boolean isActionable() { return false; }
        };
        @Override
        public boolean isActionable() { return false;}
    }