serialize and deserialize enum with Gson [duplicate]

Question

How can i serialize and deserialize a simple enum like this with gson 2.2.4 ?

public enum Color {      RED, BLUE, YELLOW; } 

Answer 1

You can try this.

import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;  public enum Color {      @SerializedName("0")     RED (0),       @SerializedName("1")     BLUE (1),      @SerializedName("2")     YELLOW (2);      private final int value;     public int getValue() {         return value;     }      private Color(int value) {         this.value = value;     }  } 

Answer 2

According to Gson API documentation, Gson provides default serialization/deserialization of Enum, so basically it should be serialized and deserialized using the standard toJson and fromJson methods, as with any other type.