Getting enum associated with int value

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EDIT August 2018

Today I would implement this as follows

public enum LegNo {
    NO_LEG(-1), LEG_ONE(1), LEG_TWO(2);

    private final int value;

    LegNo(int value) {
        this.value = value;
    }

    public static Optional<LegNo> valueOf(int value) {
        return Arrays.stream(values())
            .filter(legNo -> legNo.value == value)
            .findFirst();
    }
}

You’ll have to maintain a mapping inside the enum.

public enum LegNo {
    NO_LEG(-1), LEG_ONE(1), LEG_TWO(2);

    private int legNo;

    private static Map<Integer, LegNo> map = new HashMap<Integer, LegNo>();

    static {
        for (LegNo legEnum : LegNo.values()) {
            map.put(legEnum.legNo, legEnum);
        }
    }

    private LegNo(final int leg) { legNo = leg; }

    public static LegNo valueOf(int legNo) {
        return map.get(legNo);
    }
}

The static block will be invoked only once, so there is practically no performance issue here.

EDIT: Renamed the method to valueOf as it is more inline with other Java classes.

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