src/share/classes/java/lang/Enum.java

@@ -38,14 +38,21 @@
  * implicitly declared methods synthesized by the compiler, can be
  * found in <i>The Java&trade; Language Specification, Third
  * Edition</i>, <a
  * href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/classes.html#8.9">&sect;8.9</a>.
  *
+ * <p> Note that when using an enumeration type in as the type of a
+ * set or as the type of the keys in a map, specialized {@linkplain
+ * java.util.EnumSet set} and {@linkplain java.util.EnumMap map}
+ * implementations are available.
+ *
  * @param <E> The enum type subclass
  * @author  Josh Bloch
  * @author  Neal Gafter
  * @see     Class#getEnumConstants()
+ * @see     java.util.EnumSet
+ * @see     java.util.EnumMap
  * @since   1.5
  */
 public abstract class Enum<E extends Enum<E>>
         implements Comparable<E>, Serializable {
     /**