import ballerina/io;

// This is shorthand for <br></br>
// `const RED = "RED";` <br></br>
// `const GREEN = "GREEN";` <br></br>
// `const BLUE = "BLUE":` <br></br>
// `type Color RED|GREEN|BLUE;`
enum Color {
    RED, GREEN, BLUE
}

// An `enum` member can explicitly specify an associated expression.
enum Language {
    ENG = "English",
    TL = "Tamil",
    SI = "Sinhala"
}

public function main() {
    io:println(RED);
    io:println(ENG);
}

Enumerations

Enumerations are shorthand for unions of string constants. A const can be used as a singleton type. An enum is not a distinct type. You can specify the string constants explicitly.

 
import ballerina/io;

enum Color {
    RED, GREEN, BLUE
}

This is shorthand for

const RED = "RED";

const GREEN = "GREEN";

const BLUE = "BLUE":

type Color RED|GREEN|BLUE;

 
enum Language {
    ENG = "English",
    TL = "Tamil",
    SI = "Sinhala"
}

An enum member can explicitly specify an associated expression.

 
public function main() {
    io:println(RED);
    io:println(ENG);
}

bal run enumerations.bal
RED
English