I want to create a method in my enumeration?

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I want to add a `toString` method to my `CustomerType` enumeration. My class returns a `System.out.println()` discount percent message if depending on my `cutomerType` which is now .20 because it is customerType college. I am new to enumerations and I want to be able to add a `toString` method to my enumeration that prints "College customer" depending on the customer type. Am having some trouble accomplishing this? What exactly am I doing wrong? Hear's my Class: ``` import java.text.NumberFormat; public class CustomerTypeApp { public static void main(String[] args) { // display a welcome message System.out.println("Welcome to the Customer Type Test application
"); // get and display the discount percent for a customer type double Customer = getDiscountPercent(CustomerType.College); NumberFormat percent = NumberFormat.getPercentInstance(); String display = "Discount Percent: " + percent.format(Customer); System.out.println(display); } // a method that accepts a CustomerType enumeratio…

Accepted Answer

Enums are quite powerful to keep static data in one place. You can do something like that:

```
public enum CustomerType {

Retail(.1, "Retail customer"),
    College(.2, "College customer"),
    Trade(.3, "Trade customer");

private final double discountPercent;
    private final String description;

private CustomerType(double discountPercent, String description) {
        this.discountPercent = discountPercent;
        this.description = description;
    }

public double getDiscountPercent() {
        return discountPercent;
    }

public String getDescription() {
        return description;
    }

@Override
    public String toString() {
        return description;
    }

}
```

I want to create a method in my enumeration?

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