Hibernate @Enumerated mapping

Question

Hibernate provides @Enumerated annotation which supports two types of Enum mapping either using ORDINAL or STRING. When w

Answer 1

public enum Status
{
    OPEN("O"),
    WAITLIST("W"),
    COMPLETE("C")

private String description;

private Status(String description)
{
   this.description = description;
}

public String getDescription()
{
    return description;
}
}

and then when you read it:

Status.OPEN.getDescription()