Working with Enum?

Question

Have a bit of trouble working with enums, how do you pass a method to an enum? This is a basic overview of the code:

public enum myEnum{
            UNDEFINED, Value1, Value2
}

checkEnum(myEnum passedValue){
//do check stuff here
}

No I want to pass "Value1" to checkEnum but if I just say:

checkEnum(Value1);

Eclipse won't let me, in what format does my variable have to be to pass it to my method checkEnum?

MByD · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-21 12:45:02Z

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It should be:

checkEnum(myEnum.Value1);

Also, the convention is to start Enums and Class names in upper case letter. e.g.

checkEnum(MyEnum.Value1);

answered Nov 21, 2011 at 12:45

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2 Comments

Thanks, what if I'm making the call from another class?

The same. if you are doing it from a separate package though, you will need to import the Enum.

Jigar Joshi · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-21 12:44:56Z

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Try this

checkEnum(myEnum.Value1);

answered Nov 21, 2011 at 12:44

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Jordan Bentley · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-21 12:46:58Z

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It needs to be qualified, checkEnum(myEnum.Value1); should work.

answered Nov 21, 2011 at 12:46

Jordan Bentley

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