I've read a lot about how obtain the corresponding name of an enum
from its value using java, but no example seems to work for me! What is wrong?
public class Extensions {
public enum RelationActiveEnum
{
Invited(0),
Active(1),
Suspended(2);
private final int value;
private RelationActiveEnum(final int value) {
this.value = value;
}
}
}
and in another class I use:
int dbValue = supp.ACTIVE;
Extensions.RelationActiveEnum enumValue(dbValue);
String stringName = enumValue.toString(); //Visible
// OR
int dbValuee = supp.ACTIVE;
String stringValue = Enum.GetName(typeof(RelationActiveEnum), dbValue);
I should work, right? but it doesn't!!!! it tells me that dbValue cannote be cast to RelationActiveEnum...
Say we have:
public enum MyEnum {
Test1, Test2, Test3
}
To get the name of a enum variable use name()
:
MyEnum e = MyEnum.Test1;
String name = e.name(); // Returns "Test1"
To get the enum from a (string) name, use valueOf()
:
String name = "Test1";
MyEnum e = Enum.valueOf(MyEnum.class, name);
If you require integer
values to match enum fields, extend the enum class:
public enum MyEnum {
Test1(1), Test2(2), Test3(3);
public final int value;
MyEnum(final int value) {
this.value = value;
}
}
Now you can use:
MyEnum e = MyEnum.Test1;
int value = e.value; // = 1
And lookup the enum using the integer value:
MyEnum getValue(int value) {
for(MyEnum e: MyEunm.values()) {
if(e.value == value) {
return e;
}
}
return null;// not found
}