Question

Say I have an enum which that is:

public enum FooBar {
  One, Two, Three
}

I would like to get the corresponsing enum value of a string, lets say ‘Two’, and get FooBar.Two.

How can I do this in Java? Enum.ValueOf() does not seem to be related.

Answer 1

I have the string ‘Two’ and I want the value.

To do this you use valueOf e.g.

MyEnum me = MyEnum.valueOf("Two");

or

MyEnum me = Enum.valueOf(MyEnum.class, "Two");

Enum.ValueOf() does not seem to be related.

It appears it’s exactly what you want.

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You can use either

String s = myEnum.toString();

or

String s = myEnum.name();

You can use toString() to turn any object in to a String. (Whether that String makes sense of not depends on the implementation 😉