Question

I need to declare an enum variable as a class member and need to define a setter and getter for that like a java bean. something like this –

public class Vehicle {
 private String id;
 private String name;
 enum color {
   RED, GREEN, ANY;
 }
 // setter and getters
} 

Now, I want to set color property as red, green or any from some other class and want to make decisions accordingly.

Answer 1

The enum will have to be made public to be seen by the outside world:

public class Vehicle {
     private String id;
     private String name;

     public enum Color {
       RED, GREEN, ANY;
     };

     private Color color;    

     public Color getColor(){
        return color; 
     }

     public void setColor(Color color){
         this.color = color;
     }   

    } 

Then from outside the package you can do:

vehicle.setColor(Vehicle.Color.GREEN);

if you only need to use Vehicle.Color inside the same package as Vehicle you may remove the public from the enum declaration.