title: Enum exeeding the 65535 bytes limit of static initializer... what's best to do?
body: <p>I've started a rather large Enum of so called <strong>Descriptors</strong> that I've wanted to use as a reference list in my model. But now I've come across a compiler/VM limit the first time and so I'm looking for the best solution to handle this.</p>
  
  <p>Here is my error : <em>The code for the static initializer is exceeding the 65535 bytes limit</em></p>
  
  <p>It is clear where this comes from - my Enum simply has far to much elements. But I need those elements - there is no way to reduce that set.</p>
  
  <p>Initialy I've planed to use a single Enum because I want to make sure that all elements within the Enum are unique. It is used in a <strong>Hibernate</strong> persistence context where the reference to the Enum is stored as String value in the database. So this must be unique!</p>
  
  <p>The content of my Enum can be devided into several groups of elements belonging together. But splitting the Enum would remove the unique safety I get during compile time. Or can this be achieved with multiple Enums in some way?</p>
  
  <p>My only current idea is to define some Interface called <strong>Descriptor</strong> and code several Enums implementing it. This way I hope to be able to use the Hibernate Enum mapping as if it were a single Enum. But I'm not even sure if this will work. And I loose unique safety.</p>
  
  <p><strong><em>Any ideas how to handle that case?</em></strong></p>