Java switch statement: Constant expression required, but it IS constant

Question

So, I am working on this class that has a few static constants:

public abstract class Foo {
    ...
    public static final int BAR;
    public static final          


        

Answer 1

Below code is self-explanatory, We can use an enum with a switch case:

/**
 *
 */
enum ClassNames {
    STRING(String.class, String.class.getSimpleName()),
    BOOLEAN(Boolean.class, Boolean.class.getSimpleName()),
    INTEGER(Integer.class, Integer.class.getSimpleName()),
    LONG(Long.class, Long.class.getSimpleName());
    private Class typeName;
    private String simpleName;
    ClassNames(Class typeName, String simpleName){
        this.typeName = typeName;
        this.simpleName = simpleName;
    }
}

Based on the class values from the enum can be mapped:

 switch (ClassNames.valueOf(clazz.getSimpleName())) {
        case STRING:
            String castValue = (String) keyValue;
            break;
        case BOOLEAN:
            break;
        case Integer:
            break;
        case LONG:
            break;
        default:
            isValid = false;

    }

Hope it helps :)