Am I able to call a Enums constructor in Java?

Question

I want to make a new record in my enum list of usernames and passwords. I was going to make a method called register that would create a new record by calling the enum's constructor but when I call the constructor like this:

public void register(String usr, String pass) {
        DB(usr, pass); //DB is the name of my enum
}

I get a error saying to create a new method. How am I able to call a constructor of my enum

Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

Enums are types with a closed set of instances. These instances are defined at class-design time (they are defined in the source code of the enum).

You cannot add enum instances at runtime. Enum constructors are private by language restrictions.