Gettin enum types may not be instantiated Exception

Question

I am getting RuntimeException

Enum types may not be instantiated

I don\'t know why. What I want is to identify a year by an intege

Answer 1

Here is another way

enum class WWGameState private constructor(var intValue: Int)  {
    pregame(0),
    inProgress(1),
    paused(2),
    over(3);

    companion object
    {
        internal fun build(i: Int): WWGameState
        {
            for (gs in WWGameState.values())
            {
                if (gs.intValue == i)
                {
                    return gs
                }
            }

            return WWGameState.pregame

        }
    }
}

Usage:

gameState = WWGameState.build(savedState!!.getInt("MODE"))