How to assign bean's property an Enum value in Spring config file?

Question

I have a standalone enum type defined, something like this:

package my.pkg.types;

public enum MyEnumType {
    TYPE1,
    TYPE2
}

Now, I w

Answer 1

To be specific, set the value to be the name of a constant of the enum type, e.g., "TYPE1" or "TYPE2" in your case, as shown below. And it will work:

<bean name="someName" class="my.pkg.classes">
   <property name="type" value="TYPE1" />
</bean>

Answer 2

You can write Bean Editors (details are in the Spring Docs) if you want to add further value and write to custom types.

Answer 3

Spring-integration example, routing based on a an Enum field:

public class BookOrder {

    public enum OrderType { DELIVERY, PICKUP } //enum
    public BookOrder(..., OrderType orderType) //orderType
    ...

config:

<router expression="payload.orderType" input-channel="processOrder">
    <mapping value="DELIVERY" channel="delivery"/>
    <mapping value="PICKUP" channel="pickup"/>
</router>