I have an enum declared like this:
public enum Mode{
RUNNING("SytemRunning"),
STOPPED("SystemStopped"),
IDLE("tmpIdle");
public static String key;
private Mode(String key){
this.key = key;
}
}
Now, I want to get out the keys(SystemRunning, SystemStopped, tmpIdle) for this enum by reflection:
Class<?> c = Class.forName("Mode");
Object[] objects = c.getEnumConstants();
// now this is not what I want, but almost
for(Object obj : objects){
System.out.println("value : " + obj);
}
the output is:
RUNNING
STOPPED
IDLE
However, I'd like to have the Strings SystemRunning, tmpIdle etc..
Thank you very much in advance.
Firstly, you need to make your key
a non-static variable.
private String key; // I made it private on purpose
Then you need to add a getter method in your enum which will return the key
public String getKey() {
return key;
}
and then change your for
loop to something like this.
for (Object obj : objects) {
Class<?> clzz = obj.getClass();
Method method = clzz.getDeclaredMethod("getKey");
String val = (String) method.invoke(obj);
System.out.println("value : " + val); // prints SytemRunning, SystemStopped and tmpIdle
}
Add a method toString() that returns your key, then it will work.
Your 'key' property shouldn't be static.
If you know that all your enums have a key property, you can ask for it directly by reflection too.
public enum Mode{
RUNNING("SytemRunning"),
STOPPED("SystemStopped"),
IDLE("tmpIdle");
public String key;
private Mode(String key) {
this.key = key;
}
public String toString() {
return this.key;
}
}
Get 'key' with reflection:
Class<?> c = Class.forName("Mode");
Object[] objects = c.getEnumConstants();
// now this is not what I want, but almost
for(Object obj : objects) {
try {
Field keyField = obj.getClass.getDeclaredField("key");
keyField.setAccessible(true); // if it is private for example.
System.out.printn("value : " + keyField.get(obj);
} catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
// fallback to toString()
System.out.println("value : " + obj);
}
}
There is no point using reflection for this:
public interface EnumWithValue<T> {
T getValue();
}
public enum Mode implements EnumWithValue<String> {
RUNNING("SytemRunning"),
STOPPED("SystemStopped"),
IDLE("tmpIdle");
private final String value;
private Mode(String value) {
this.value = value;
}
@Override
public String getValue() {
return value;
}
}
public void test() {
try {
Class<? extends EnumWithValue<String>> clazz = (Class<? extends EnumWithValue<String>>) Class.forName("Mode");
EnumWithValue<String>[] values = clazz.getEnumConstants();
for (EnumWithValue<String> enumWithValue : values) {
System.out.print(enumWithValue + " = " + enumWithValue.getValue());
}
} catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(ConverterEnum.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}