Question

So I have something like this

public enum DataType {

    RECORD_TYPE("0"),
    ...

    private String code;

    private DataType(String code){
         this.code = code;
    }

    public String getCode() {
         return code;
    }
}

So when I do

System.out.println(DataType.RECORD_TYPE);

It prints out string RECORD_TYPE, but I want to it to print out 0, and I dont want to do this

System.out.println(DataType.RECORD_TYPE.getCode());

as I feel that the user will most likely forget to put the getCode() in. I know Enum does not have toString method, is there a way for me to change the default behavior when java convert Enum to String?

Answer 1

I know Enum does not have toString method

It actually does have a toString method like any Objects and you can override it.