I have the Color enum with:
RED
BLUE
GREEN
I also have these 3 classes:
Red
Blue
Green
My Testclass uses the attribute private Color color and stores one enum value there. How can I return the corresponding class object when calling getValue() or something on private Color color?
Example:
If my Testclass has color = Color.RED, it should return a new instance of the class Red when calling getValue() on it.
You can make the enum a factory.
interface AColour {
};
static class Red implements AColour {
}
static class Green implements AColour {
}
static class Blue implements AColour {
}
enum Colour {
RED {
@Override
AColour makeColour() {
return new Red();
}
},
GREEN {
@Override
AColour makeColour() {
return new Green();
}
},
BLUE {
@Override
AColour makeColour() {
return new Blue();
}
};
abstract AColour makeColour();
}
class TestClass {
Colour colour = Colour.RED;
AColour make() {
return colour.makeColour();
}
}
Returns the
Classobject associated with the class or interface with the given string name.
Do not forget to put the full package name of the target.
Then you should declare the Color enum like this.
public enum Color {
RED("package.Red"),
BLUE("package.Blue"),
GREEN("package.Green");
private final String value;
private Color(String value) {
this.value = value;
}
public String getValue() {
return value;
}
}
You may need a specific instance, not just a Class instance.
try {
Class clazz = Class.forName(Color.RED.getValue());
if (clazz.isInstance(Red.class)) {
Red red = (Red)clazz.cast(Red.class);
} else if (clazz.isInstance(Blue.class)) {
Blue blue = (Blue)clazz.cast(Blue.class);
} else if (clazz.isInstance(Green.class)) {
Green green = (Green)clazz.cast(Green.class);
}
} catch (ClassNotFoundException classNotFound) {
// A class named "package.Red" cannot be found
}
I originally suggested a static map of Color enums to classes but chrylis pointed out in the comments it's simpler just to make it a field and pass it to the constructor.
public enum Color {
RED(Red.class),
BLUE(Blue.class),
GREEN(Green.class);
private Class colorClass;
public Color(Class classColor) {
this.colorClass = classColor;
}
public ColorClass getValue() {
return this.colorClass.newInstance();
}
}
Class objects a field on the enum type.
