4. A Class Factory Method that converts from int to Month.

Listing 4. A Class Factory Method that converts from int to Month.


public final class Month ...
{
    ...
    public static Month valueOf(int month)
        { return months[month - 1]; }
    private static final Month[] months =
        { january, ..., december };
    ...
}

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