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

Fastest way to get the name of enum is to create a map of enum text and value when the application start, and to get the name call the function Blah.getEnumName():

public enum Blah {
    A("text1"),
    B("text2"),
    C("text3"),
    D("text4");

    private String text;
    private HashMap map;
    Blah(String text) {
    this.text = text;
    }

    public String getText() {
      return this.text;
    }

    static{
      createMapOfTextAndName();
    }

    public static void createMapOfTextAndName() {
        map = new HashMap();
        for (Blah b : Blah.values()) {
             map.put(b.getText(),b.name());
        }
    }
    public static String getEnumName(String text) {
        return map.get(text.toLowerCase());
    } 
}