I am looking at this code from here:
enum Operator {
ADD {
@Override int execute(final int num1, final int num2) {
return num1 + num2;
}
},
SUBTRACT {
@Override int execute(final int num1, final int num2) {
return num1 - num2;
}
},
MULTIPLY {
@Override int execute(final int num1, final int num2) {
return num1 * num2;
}
},
DIVIDE {
@Override int execute(final int num1, final int num2) {
if (num2 != 0) {
return num1 / num2;
} else {
System.out.println("Can't divide by zero.");
}
return 0;
}
};
abstract int execute(int num1, int num2);
}
public class EnumWithoutDefinedFunctions {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int num1 = 10;
int num2 = 2;
Operator operator = Operator.DIVIDE;
int result = operator.execute(num1, num2);
System.out.println("result: " + result);
}
}
I am searching for a way to call same method with different keys. For example, both ADD and ADD2 should execute same implementation i.e.
ADD,ADD2 {
@Override int execute(final int num1, final int num2) {
return num1 + num2;
}
},
However, the above change to the code results in the following error:

IMO you can improve the design by using the Functional Interface BiFunction.
Here is how the code looks like:
public class EnumTest {
enum Operator implements BiFunction<Integer, Integer, Integer> {
ADD(Operator::addImpl),
ADD2 (Operator::addImpl),
SUBTRACT((num1, num2) -> num1 - num2),
MULTIPLY((num1, num2) -> num1 * num2),
DIVIDE (Operator::divide);
public static Integer divide(Integer num1, Integer num2) {
if (num2 != 0) {
return num1 / num2;
} else {
System.out.println("Can't divide by zero.");
}
return 0;
}
final BiFunction<Integer, Integer, Integer> biFunction;
Operator(BiFunction<Integer, Integer, Integer> apply){
this.biFunction = apply;
}
public Integer apply(Integer a, Integer b){
return biFunction.apply(a, b);
}
private static int addImpl(int num1, int num2){
return num1 + num2;
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
int num1 = 10;
int num2 = 2;
Operator operator = Operator.ADD2;
int result = operator.apply(num1, num2);
System.out.println("result: " + result);
}
}
And can take advantage of the BiFunction interface to combine multiple operations nicely, like:
Function<Integer, Integer> multiplyBy2 = l -> 2 * l;
int result2 = Operator.ADD2.andThen(multiplyBy2).apply(num1, num2);
System.out.println(result2);
Output:
24
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