Override valueof() and toString() in Java enum

Question

The values in my enum are words that need to have spaces in them, but enums can\'t have spaces in their values so it\'s all bunched up. I want to override

Answer 1

The following is a nice generic alternative to valueOf()

public static RandomEnum getEnum(String value) {
  for (RandomEnum re : RandomEnum.values()) {
    if (re.description.compareTo(value) == 0) {
      return re;
    }
  }
  throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid RandomEnum value: " + value);
}