In Hibernate documentation (Reference, chapter 5.2.3)
I saw interesting construction which let to model persistent
(small) enum types. It's can be helpful during mapping
"dictionary tables" [from database tier] on objects [from
model tier]
It'a part of their example (without dd etc)

<code>
import net.sf.hibernate.PersistentEnum;

public class Color implements PersistentEnum {

   private final int code;

   private Color(int code) {
       this.code = code;
   }

   public static final Color TABBY = new Color(0);
   public static final Color GINGER = new Color(1);
   public static final Color BLACK = new Color(2);

   public int toInt() { ... }

   public static Color fromInt(int code) { ... }

}
</code>

But how I can build such "persistence enurerator" in
CMP techmnology. To get code like:
<code>
public class Color implements EntityBean {
   ... ??? ...
}
</code>

Currently I use ordinary CMP bean without
'create' methods but this looks strange for me.

Any idea?

Greetings