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Reputation:

Enumerated types and Strings

I want to have a string assigned to each enum so that when the toString() method is called on an enum it will return the string. I have tried the code below based on what I was able to find on my own but get an error:

RecycleCode(String) is undefined.

How do I assign a string to an enum and then return it using the toString() method?

public enum RecycleCode {
    ONE("PET"), 
    TWO("HDPE"), 
    THREE("PVC"), 
    FOUR("LDPE"), 
    FIVE("PP"), 
    SIX("PS"), 
    SEVEN("OTHER"), 
    ABS("ABS");

    public String toString() {
        return name();
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 46

Answers (2)

rgettman
rgettman

Reputation: 178263

You are passing a String in each of your enum declarations, but you don't have a constructor that accepts a String, or an instance variable to hold it. Try

private String name;
private RecycleCode(String name) {
    this.name = name;
}

Then you can reference the instance variable name in your toString() method.

    return name;

Upvotes: 4

MGorgon
MGorgon

Reputation: 2607

public enum RecycleCode {
ONE("PET"),
TWO("HDPE"),
THREE("PVC"),
FOUR("LDPE"),
FIVE("PP"),
SIX("PS"),
SEVEN("OTHER"),
ABS("ABS");

private String name;

public RecycleCode(String name) {
   this.name = name;
}

public String toString(){

    return name;

    }
}

Upvotes: 2

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