Converting Java code to D

[John Colvin via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Monday, 20 April 2015 at 17:24:30 UTC, bearophile wrote:
> John Colvin:
>
>> struct LineStyle
>> {
>>    enum NONE = "None";
>>    enum SOLID = "Solid";
>>    enum DASH = "Dash";
>>    enum DOT = "Dot";
>>    enum DASHDOT = "Dash Dot";
>>    enum DASHDOTDOT = "Dash Dot Dot";
>>
>>    string label;
>>
>>    private this(string label)
>>    {
>>        this.label = label;
>>    }
>> }
>
> The constructor doesn't look very useful.
>
> Perhaps a named enum is safer.
>
> Bye,
> bearophile

True, the constructor doesn't really add anything here.

To be honest, the combination of enumeration and runtime 
variables in the Java code seems like a rubbish design, but 
perhaps there's a good reason for it that I'm not aware of.