Java Enum.valueOf(Class <T> enumType, String name)

Syntax

Enum.valueOf(Class <T> enumType, String name) has the following syntax.

public static <T extends Enum <T>> T valueOf(Class <T> enumType,    String name)

Example

In the following code shows how to use Enum.valueOf(Class <T> enumType, String name) method.


enum Tutorial {// w  w  w.  j a  v  a  2s  . co m
   CSS(400), HTML(250),Java(325);
  
   int price;
   Tutorial(int p) {
      price = p;
   }
   int showPrice() {
      return price;
   } 
}

public class Main {
   
   public static void main(String args[]) {
   
     for(Tutorial m : Tutorial.values()) { 
        System.out.println(m + " costs " + m.showPrice() + " dollars");
     }

     Tutorial ret;
     ret = Tutorial.valueOf("CSS"); 
     System.out.println("Selected : " + ret);                              
   }
}

The code above generates the following result.





















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