Java enum valueOf() with multiple values?

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This is probably similar to what you’re trying to achieve.

public enum Language{
    English("english", "eng", "en", "en_GB", "en_US"),
    German("german", "de", "ge"),
    Croatian("croatian", "hr", "cro"),
    Russian("russian");

    private final List<String> values;

    Language(String ...values) {
        this.values = Arrays.asList(values);
    }

    public List<String> getValues() {
        return values;
    }
}

Remember enums are a class like the others; English("english", "eng", "en", "en_GB", "en_US") is calling the enum constructor.

You could then retrieve the enum value corresponding to a string through a search method (you can put it as a static method in the enum again).

public static Language find(String name) {
    for (Language lang : Language.values()) {
        if (lang.getValues().contains(name)) {
            return lang;
        }
    }
    return null;
}

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