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

Use .name() method. Like st.name(). e.g. State.AL.name() returns string "AL".

So,

if(st.name().equalsIgnoreCase(s)) {

should work.

Answer 2

try this

public void setState(String s){
 state = State.valueOf(s);
}

You might want to handle the IllegalArgumentException that may be thrown if "s" value doesn't match any "State"

Answer 3

to compare enum to string

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

        }
    }