I've noticed enums introduce many additional class files (Class$1) after compilation bloating the total size. It seems to be attached to every class that even uses an enum, and these are often duplicated.
Why does this occur and is there a way to prevent this without removing the enum.
(Reason for question is space is at a premium for me)
EDIT
On investigating the issue further, Sun's Javac 1.6 creates an additional synthetic class each time you use a switch on an Enum. It uses some kind of SwitchMap. This site has some more information, and here tells you how to analyse what Javac is doing.
An additional physical file seems a high price to pay each time you use a switch on an enum!
Interestingly, Eclipe's compiler does not produce these additional files. I wonder if the only solution is to switch compilers?