Question

For example I have

public enum ID { CODEC1, CODEC2 }

and a bean

public class Bean {
   private ID id;
   public ID getId() { return id; }
   public void setId(ID value) { this.id = value; }
}

Is it possible to use symbolic names in Spring config somehow? For instance

<bean id="bean" class="Bean">
   <parameter name="id" value="CODEC1"/>
</bean>

Answer 1

If you’re using Spring 3.1, the code that you wrote should work. When using a previous version, try defining valueOf of the enum as factory method:

<bean id="CODEC1" class="ID" factory-method="valueOf">
     <constructor-arg>   
         <value>CODEC1</value>
     </constructor-arg>
</bean>

and

<parameter name="id" value-ref="CODEC1"/>