#41 Implementing an Enum Alternative

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Write an alternative to Enum, as if before Java 1.5, using some enumerable list as an example, such as a list of currencies. It is necessary to:

Have a fixed list of values defined at compile time.
Have strict typing of values.
Be able to compare values safely using ==.
Retrieve all values.
Have an immutable ordinal, which is the zero-based sequence number in declaration order.
Retrieve values by ordinal.
Have a value name matching the field name of that value.
Search by name.

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