Question

I have an enumeration called PaymentFrequency:

public enum PaymentFrequency {

  D("Daily"),
  W("Weekly"),
  M("Monthly"),
  Y("Yearly");

  private final String description;

  PaymentFrequency(final String description) {
    this.description = description;
  }

  public String getDescription() {
    return description;
  }
}

And now if I do this in my bean:

private PaymentFrequency[] paymentPeriods = PaymentFrequency.values();

public PaymentFrequency[] getPaymentPeriods() {
  return paymentPeriods;
}

public void setPaymentPeriods(PaymentFrequency[] paymentPeriods) {
  this.paymentPeriods = paymentPeriods;
}

I will get all the values from my enumeration. How can I get only the values W and M ?

Answer 1

Well, you could do

 private PaymentFrequency[] paymentPeriods = 
     new PaymentFrequency[] {PaymentFrequency.W, PaymentFrequency.M};