How to get an enum value from a string value in Java?

Question

Say I have an enum which is just

public enum Blah {
    A, B, C, D
}

and I would like to find the enum value of a string, for example

Answer 1

You may need to this :

public enum ObjectType {
    PERSON("Person");

    public String parameterName;

    ObjectType(String parameterName) {
        this.parameterName = parameterName;
    }

    public String getParameterName() {
        return this.parameterName;
    }

    //From String method will return you the Enum for the provided input string
    public static ObjectType fromString(String parameterName) {
        if (parameterName != null) {
            for (ObjectType objType : ObjectType.values()) {
                if (parameterName.equalsIgnoreCase(objType.parameterName)) {
                    return objType;
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

One More Addition :

   public static String fromEnumName(String parameterName) {
        if (parameterName != null) {
            for (DQJ objType : DQJ.values()) {
                if (parameterName.equalsIgnoreCase(objType.name())) {
                    return objType.parameterName;
                }
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

This will return you the Value by a Stringified Enum Name For e.g. if you provide "PERSON" in the fromEnumName it'll return you the Value of Enum i.e. "Person"