Are enums supported by JDBC?

Question

I really can\'t find a nice enum JDBC mapping example. Is enum actually supported by JDBC?

I am working with MySQL. I have an enum column, and would like to map to some

Answer 1

Here is some generic solution were are using in converting JDBC values to Java enums.

param = Enum.valueOf((Class)dbField.getField().getType(), (String) param);

where param is the value of the field in the db , and the dbField is the java.reflect.util.Field , where to put the value to