Get Enum Instance from Class<? extends Enum> using String value?

Question

I\'m finding it difficult to put the exact question into words, so I\'ll just give an example.

I have two Enum types:

enum Shape {
    C         


        

Answer 1

So here is the code being using Spring validation and works great for me. Full code given below.

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import javax.validation.Constraint;
import javax.validation.Payload;
import javax.validation.ReportAsSingleViolation;
import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;

@Documented
@Constraint(validatedBy = EnumValidatorImpl.class)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.FIELD)
@NotNull(message = "Value cannot be null")
@ReportAsSingleViolation
public @interface EnumValidator {

  Class> enumClazz();

  String message() default "Value is not valid";

  Class[] groups() default {};

  Class[] payload() default {};

}

Implementation of the above class:

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import javax.validation.ConstraintValidator;
import javax.validation.ConstraintValidatorContext;

public class EnumValidatorImpl implements ConstraintValidator {

  List valueList = null;

  @Override
  public boolean isValid(String value, ConstraintValidatorContext context) {
    if(!valueList.contains(value.toUpperCase())) {
      return false;
    }
    return true;
  }

  @Override
  public void initialize(EnumValidator constraintAnnotation) {
    valueList = new ArrayList();
    Class> enumClass = constraintAnnotation.enumClazz();

    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
    Enum[] enumValArr = enumClass.getEnumConstants();

    for(@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
    Enum enumVal : enumValArr) {
      valueList.add(enumVal.toString());
    }

  }

}

USAGE OF THE ABOVE ANNOTATION IS VERY SIMPLE

 @JsonProperty("lead_id")
  @EnumValidator( enumClazz=DefaultEnum.class,message="This error is coming from the enum class", groups = {Group1.class })
  private String leadId;