Storing a String in an Enum object in java [duplicate]

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I have this enum Category ,a Question class, a database where question ,option, category,etc are stored. Question class has its getter() and setter() My question is how I can store a string type data from database in a Category type? rs.getString("Cateogory") returns a string but i want to store this string in a category type obj. how can i do so?

public enum Category {
Geography,History,GK,Science;

}

public class Question  {
private int srno;
private String question;
private String option1;
private String option2;
private String option3;
private String option4;
private String correctAns;
private Category Category;
private Complexity complexity;

public Question() {
}

Class X{
    ResultSet rs=null;
    Statement stmt=null;
    List<Question> quesList=new ArrayList<Question>();
    Question q=new Question();
    Category c=null;
    // some code here .....
    while(rs.next())
    {
               q.setQuestion(rs.getString("Question"));
               q.setOption1(rs.getString("optionA"));
               q.setOption2(rs.getString("optionB"));
               q.setOption3(rs.getString("optionC"));
               q.setOption4(rs.getString("OptionD"));
               // But how do i store a Category type?
               quesList.add(q);
    }
}

Why? Aren't the category strings in the database exactly the same as the category constants in your enum? — RealSkeptic
– RealSkeptic, Commented Jun 13, 2015 at 20:24

JB Nizet · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-13 20:53:40Z

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Every enum has a static valueOf() method, that takes the name of an enum constant ("Geography" for example), and returns the corresponding enum constant (Category.Geography for example).

So you just need

Category category = Category.valueOf(rs.getString(someIndex));

answered Jun 13, 2015 at 20:53

JB Nizet

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