Convert integer value to matching Java Enum

Question

I\'ve an enum like this:

public enum PcapLinkType {
  DLT_NULL(0)
  DLT_EN10MB(1)
  DLT_EN3MB(2),
  DLT_AX25(3),
  /*snip, 200 more enums, not always consecu         


        

Answer 1

You can do something like this to automatically register them all into a collection with which to then easily convert the integers to the corresponding enum. (BTW, adding them to the map in the enum constructor is not allowed. It's nice to learn new things even after many years of using Java. :)

public enum PcapLinkType {
    DLT_NULL(0),
    DLT_EN10MB(1),
    DLT_EN3MB(2),
    DLT_AX25(3),
    /*snip, 200 more enums, not always consecutive.*/
    DLT_UNKNOWN(-1);

    private static final Map typesByValue = new HashMap();

    static {
        for (PcapLinkType type : PcapLinkType.values()) {
            typesByValue.put(type.value, type);
        }
    }

    private final int value;

    private PcapLinkType(int value) {
        this.value = value;
    }

    public static PcapLinkType forValue(int value) {
        return typesByValue.get(value);
    }
}