Best way to create enum of strings?

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What is the best way to have a enum type represent a set of strings?

I tried this:

enum Strings{
   STRING_ONE("ONE"), STRING_TWO("TWO")
}

How can I then use them as Strings?

enums java
8 Answers

You can use that for string Enum

public enum EnumTest {
    NAME_ONE("Name 1"),
    NAME_TWO("Name 2");

    private final String name;

    /**
     * @param name
     */
    private EnumTest(final String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }
}

And call from main method

public class Test {
    public static void main (String args[]){
        System.out.println(EnumTest.NAME_ONE.getName());
        System.out.println(EnumTest.NAME_TWO.getName());
    }
}
user_30174730

Get and set with default values.

public enum Status {

    STATUS_A("Status A"),  STATUS_B("Status B"),

    private String status;

    Status(String status) {
        this.status = status;
    }

    public String getStatus() {
        return status;
    }
}
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