Re: Enum String
On Feb 7, 9:31 pm, Lew <l...@lewscanon.com> wrote:
Jason Cavett wrote:
Is it possible to get a String back from an enum value? Here is a
sample of my enum:
// XML tags
public enum XML {
DATA_TAG("data");
private final String tag;
private XML(String tag) {
this.tag = tag;
}
@Override
public String toString() {
return tag;
}
}
Now, I could like to be able to just call: XML.DATA_TAG and that
returns a String. Is this possible? Something is telling me that
I'll always have to call the toString() function as well, but I wanted
to check first.
Given that DATA_TAG is not of type String itself, yes, you'll have to call=
toString() just like for any other object if you want a String representat=
ion.
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Alright. I sort of figured that I would. It kind of stinks, though,
because wherever I was using my static Strings before, I now have to
do:
Data::XML::DATA_TAG.toString()
instead of
Data::DATA_TAG
Seems kind of dumb to make the XML tags into an enum. Any opinion/
argument one way or another?
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