Grails String to enum?

Question

Suppose I have this enum:

public enum MyEnum {
    AUSTRALIA_SYDNEY ("Australia/Sydney"),
    AUSTRALIA_ADELAIDE ("Australia/Adelaide"),

    private String name

    private Timezone(String name){
        this.name = name
    }

    public String value() {
        name
    }

    String toString() {
        name
    }
}

Is there a way for me to get the enum using its value/name? Right now, I'm trying to do this, but it doesn't work:

MyEnum.valueOf("Australia/Sydney")

What I'm getting from the DB is a string (in this case: "Australia/Sydney"), and not the value, and unfortunately, I can't just alter the type it returns because its an old system and I'm just connecting to this DB that is shared by multiple apps. Anyway around this?

Answer 1

Add the following to your enum:

static MyEnum valueOfName( String name ) {
    values().find { it.name == name }
}

Then, you can call:

MyEnum.valueOfName( "Australia/Adelaide" )