Question

Is it possible in Java to return the enum value without having to call a function to return the value, such as getFlag() in my example? If so, how?

public enum MessageFlags {
        BIT0((short)1),
        BIT1((short)2),
        BIT2((short)4),
        BIT3((short)8),
        BIT4((short)16),
        BIT5((short)32),
        BIT6((short)64),
        BIT7((short)128),
        BIT8((short)256),
        BIT9((short)512),
        BIT10((short)1024),

        set_freq(BIT0),
        get_freq(BIT1);

        short bitFlag = 0;
        MessageFlags flag;

        MessageFlags(short flag) {
            this.bitFlag = flag;
        }

        MessageFlags(MessageFlags flag) {
            this.flag = flag;
        }

        public short getFlag() {
            return this.flag.bitFlag;
        }

        public short getValue() {
            return this.bitFlag;
        }
    }

Answer 1

You can import static MessageFlags.*; and say BITX.getFlag().

Here is a complete example:

A.java

package foo;

import static foo.B.*;

public class A{
    public B value = BAR;
}

B.java

package foo;

public enum B{
    BAR, BAZ, BOO
}