macOS Java: Parsing a string into an enum?

[iShater]

Java 5.0:

I have a properties file that has field types defined:

field_types=CHAR,NUM,CHAR

I am parsing that field to convert the strings to the corresponding enum for the following enum definition:

enum Field_Type
{
     CHAR, 
     NUM
}

Is there a way to do this?

Something similar to Integer.parseInt() and others?

 

[iShater]

I think I found it.

Field_Type.valueOf(someString)