overriding enum constants toString

[jemptymethod]

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]

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