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overriding enum constants toString

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jemptymethod@gmail.com - 11 Aug 2006 00:04 GMT
can anybody please point me to some sort of example or documentation
for overriding toString for (individual) enum constants. the javadoc
indicates that this should be possibly but it is not entirely clear to
me how to do so.

thanks in advance
PaullyB - 11 Aug 2006 00:12 GMT
> can anybody please point me to some sort of example or documentation
> for overriding toString for (individual) enum constants. the javadoc
> indicates that this should be possibly but it is not entirely clear to
> me how to do so.
>
> thanks in advance

Here is an example:

public class TestEnum {

   enum MyEnum {

       MYCUSTOMVALUE {
           @Override
           public String toString() {
               return "My Enum String";
           }
      },
      MYDEFAULTVALUE;

   }

   /**
    * @param args
    */
   public static void main(String[] args) {
       System.out.println(MyEnum.MYDEFAULTVALUE.toString());
       System.out.println(MyEnum.MYCUSTOMVALUE.toString());
   }

}

Output:
MYDEFAULTVALUE
My Enum String


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