An enumerated type is one that has valid values limited to a set of constants. For instance, an enumeration may be defined for the colors of a stop light as follows.

枚举类型是一种有效取值仅限于一组常量的类型。

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In the context of the IBM Cognos 8 SDK, an enumeration set can be considered as a list of read-only constants.

在IBM Cognos 8 sdk上下文中，枚举集可以被视为一组只读常量。

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For example, you can declare an enumeration for a set of integer constants associated with the days of the week, and then use the names of the days rather than their integer values in your code.

例如，您可以宣告列举来当做一组与每周日期关联的整数常数，接著在程序码中使用日期的名称而不是它们的整数值。

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