My name
is
Jon Skeet

What is wrong with my Enumeration?

I am following the book and there is an example of enumeration. So I am doing this:

  enum Color {
    GREEN("GREEN"),
    YELLOW("YELLOW"),
    RED("RED");

   String name;

   Color(String name) {
     this.name = name;
     }

   public String getColor() {
        return name;
     }


 }

and then I want to create Objects and return the color through my class like this:

class TrafficLight extends enum<Color> {   // I am getting an error:
                                           //  Classes cannot directly extend java.lang.Enum

// ...create objects and etc.


}

How can I fix this error? Because this is exactly the same syntax from my book and do not know how to make it correct.

EDIT: my book syntax:

enum Suit {
CLUBS("CLUBS"),
DIAMONDS("DIAMONDS"),
HEARTS("HEARTS"),
SPADES("SPADES");
String name;
Suit(String name) { this.name = name; }
public String toString() { return name; }
}

class Suit extends Enum<Suit> // pseudo-code only
implements Comparable<Suit>, Serializable {
public static final Suit CLUBS = new Suit("CLUBS");
public static final Suit DIAMONDS = new Suit("DIAMONDS");
public static final Suit HEARTS = new Suit("HEARTS");
public static final Suit SPADES = new Suit("SPADES");
String name;
Suit(String name) { this.name = name; }
public String toString() { return name; }
// ... compiler generated methods ...
}

Look carefully.

Compare this:
```
class TrafficLight extends enum<Color> 
```
with this
```
class Suit extends Enum<Suit>
```
Java is case-sensitive. Enum<Color> and enum<Color> are very different. (The latter is simply not allowed.)
In your example, you're trying to create one enum type which uses a different enum for the type argument (TrafficLight and Color). In the sample code, the enum type uses the same enum type (Suit) for both the declaration and the type argument.
Did you spot this?
```
// pseudo-code only
```
You shouldn't expect pseudo-code to compile.

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