Why won't this compile?

Compiler keeps complaining about <identifier> expected at 1st in the enum GearState. :confused:

Code:

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class Transmission{
  public enum GearState{neutral,1st,2nd,3rd,4th,5th,6th};
  private int currentgear = GearState.neutral;

  public void setGear(GearState gs){
    currentgear = gs;
  }
  public GearState getNextGear(){
  switch(currentgear){
  case neutral: return GearState.neutral;
  case 1st: return GearState.1st;
  case 2nd: return GearState.2nd;
  case 3th: return GearState.3rd;
  case 4th: return GearState.4th;
  case 5th: return GearState.5th;
  case 6th return GearState.6th;
  }
 }
  public void printGears(){
  for(GearState gs: GearState.values()){
    System.out.println(gs);
  }
  }
 }
 public class Car {
  public static void main(String[] args){
  Transmission trans = new Transmission();
  System.out.println(trans.getNextGear());
  trans.setGear(Transmission.GearState.1st);
  System.out.println(trans.getNextGear());
  }
 }

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Code:

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class Transmission{
    public enum GearState{neutral,first,second,third,fourth,fifth}; // first letter of a variable shouldn't be a digit
    private GearState currentgear=GearState.neutral; // type mismatch if we use a non GearState identifier

    public void setGear(GearState gs){
        currentgear=gs;
    }
    public GearState getNextGear(){
        return currentgear; // why don't we just return the current gear state?
    }
    public void printGears(){
        for(GearState gs:GearState.values()){
            System.out.println(gs);
        }
    }
}
public class test{
    public static void main(String[] args){
        Transmission t=new Transmission();
        System.out.println(t.getNextGear());
        t.setGear(Transmission.GearState.first);
        System.out.println(t.getNextGear());
    }
}

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Opps i forgot that they are identifers. :lol: With the getNextGear() method i asked myself the same thing. I was going by an article from a november issue of jdj volume: 9 issue :11.