get enum name from enum value [duplicate]
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: MyEnum.values()) {
if(e.value == value) {
return e;
}
}
return null;// not found
}
Since your 'value' also happens to match with ordinals you could just do:
public enum RelationActiveEnum {
Invited,
Active,
Suspended;
private final int value;
private RelationActiveEnum() {
this.value = ordinal();
}
}
And getting a enum from the value:
int value = 1;
RelationActiveEnum enumInstance = RelationActiveEnum.values()[value];
I guess an static method would be a good place to put this:
public enum RelationActiveEnum {
public static RelationActiveEnum fromValue(int value)
throws IllegalArgumentException {
try {
return RelationActiveEnum.values()[value]
} catch(ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown enum value :"+ value);
}
}
}
Obviously this all falls apart if your 'value' isn't the same value as the enum ordinal.
You could create a lookup method. Not the most efficient (depending on the enum's size) but it works.
public static String getNameByCode(int code){
for(RelationActiveEnum e : RelationActiveEnum.values()){
if(code == e.value) return e.name();
}
return null;
}
And call it like this:
RelationActiveEnum.getNameByCode(3);
What you can do is
RelationActiveEnum ae = Enum.valueOf(RelationActiveEnum.class,
RelationActiveEnum.ACTIVE.name();
or
RelationActiveEnum ae = RelationActiveEnum.valueOf(
RelationActiveEnum.ACTIVE.name();
or
// not recommended as the ordinal might not match the value
RelationActiveEnum ae = RelationActiveEnum.values()[
RelationActiveEnum.ACTIVE.value];
By if you want to lookup by a field of an enum you need to construct a collection such as a List, an array or a Map.
public enum RelationActiveEnum {
Invited(0),
Active(1),
Suspended(2);
private final int code;
private RelationActiveEnum(final int code) {
this.code = code;
}
private static final Map<Integer, RelationActiveEnum> BY_CODE_MAP = new LinkedHashMap<>();
static {
for (RelationActiveEnum rae : RelationActiveEnum.values()) {
BY_CODE_MAP.put(rae.code, rae);
}
}
public static RelationActiveEnum forCode(int code) {
return BY_CODE_MAP.get(code);
}
}
allows you to write
String name = RelationActiveEnum.forCode(RelationActiveEnum.ACTIVE.code).name();