How to compare string to enum type in Java?

Question

I have an enum list of all the states in the US as following:

public enum State
{ AL, AK, AZ, AR, ..., WY }

and in my test file, I will rea

Answer 1

to compare enum to string

for (Object s : State.values())
    {
            if (theString.equals(s.toString()))
        {
            // theString is equal State object

        }
    }