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

In Java 8 the static Map pattern is even easier and is my preffered method. If you want to use the Enum with Jackson you can override toString and use that instead of name, then annotate with @JsonValue

public enum MyEnum {
    BAR,
    BAZ;
    private static final Map MAP = Stream.of(MyEnum.values()).collect(Collectors.toMap(Enum::name, Function.identity()));
    public static MyEnum fromName(String name){
        return MAP.get(name);
    }
}

public enum MyEnumForJson {
    BAR("bar"),
    BAZ("baz");
    private static final Map MAP = Stream.of(MyEnumForJson.values()).collect(Collectors.toMap(Object::toString, Function.identity()));
    private final String value;

    MyEnumForJson(String value) {
        this.value = value;
    }

    @JsonValue
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return value;
    }

    public static MyEnumForJson fromValue(String value){
        return MAP.get(value);
    }
}