Storing integer values as constants in Enum manner in java [duplicate]

Answer 1

I found this to be helpful:

http://dan.clarke.name/2011/07/enum-in-java-with-int-conversion/

public enum Difficulty
{
    EASY(0),
    MEDIUM(1),
    HARD(2);

    /**
    * Value for this difficulty
    */
    public final int Value;

    private Difficulty(int value)
    {
        Value = value;
    }

    // Mapping difficulty to difficulty id
    private static final Map _map = new HashMap();
    static
    {
        for (Difficulty difficulty : Difficulty.values())
            _map.put(difficulty.Value, difficulty);
    }

    /**
    * Get difficulty from value
    * @param value Value
    * @return Difficulty
    */
    public static Difficulty from(int value)
    {
        return _map.get(value);
    }
}