Question

public class Constant {

  ......

  public enum Status {
    ERROR,
    WARNING,
    NORMAL
  }

  ......

}

After compiling I got a class file named Constant$Status.class. The question is, how can I access the enum value. For instance, I want to get the string representation of the ERROR status.

Answer 1

You’ll be able to access it elsewhere like

import package.name.Constant;
//...
Constant.Status foo = Constant.Status.ERROR;

or,

import package.name.Constant;
import package.name.Constant.Status;
//...
Status foo = Status.ERROR;

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To get the declared name of any enum element, use Enum#name():

Status foo = ...;
String fooName = foo.name();