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

What about?

public enum MyEnum {
    FIRST,
    SECOND,
    THIRD;

    public static Optional fromString(String value){
        try{
            return Optional.of(MyEnum.valueOf(value));
        }catch(Exception e){
            return Optional.empty();
        }
    }
}