Enum within an enum

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I believe that in Java, you can simply nest enums, as long as your non-enum constants come first.

enum Action
{
    FOO,
    BAR;
    enum MOVE
    {
         UP,
         DOWN,
         LEFT,
         RIGHT 
    }
}

This compiles for me and gives me the behavior you were looking for.

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