Getting String value from enum in Java

Question

I have a enum defined like this and I would like to be able to obtain the strings for the individual statuses. How should I write such a method?

I can get the int values of the statuses but would like the option of getting the string values from the ints as well.

public enum Status {     PAUSE(0),     START(1),     STOP(2);      private final int value;      private Status(int value) {         this.value = value     }      public int getValue() {         return value;     } } 

Answer 1

if status is of type Status enum, status.name() will give you its defined name.

Answer 2

You can use values() method:

For instance Status.values()[0] will return PAUSE in your case, if you print it, toString() will be called and "PAUSE" will be printed.