About Question enthuware.ocpjp.v8.2.1782 :

[jme_chg]

I tested the code but changed the enum so that it was just:

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enum Genre { DRAMA, THRILLER, HORROR, ACTION }; //***i.e. not static

but I thought this would cause:

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new Movie("Titanic", Movie.Genre.DRAMA, 'U'),                 
new Movie("Psycho", Movie.Genre.THRILLER, 'U'),                 
new Movie("Oldboy", Movie.Genre.THRILLER, 'R'),                 
new Movie("Shining", Movie.Genre.HORROR, 'U')); 

to fail compilation since
static members: can use enclosing class' name
non-static members: must use instance of enclosing class

but it still worked.

And also if have:

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new Movie("Titanic", new Movie().Genre.DRAMA, 'U'),                 

it fails compilation regardless of whether the enum is static/non-static.

Is there an explanation for this? :/

[admin]

As per section 8.9 of JLS 11 specification:

A nested enum type is implicitly static. It is permitted for the declaration of a nested enum type to redundantly specify the static modifier.