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Questions and Exercises: Enum Types

Questions

1. True or false: anEnum type can be a subclass ofjava.lang.String.

Exercises

1. Rewrite the classCard from the exercise inQuestions and Exercises: Classes so that it represents the rank and suit of a card with enum types.

2. Rewrite theDeck class.

Check your answers.