package org.kuali.student.enrollment.courseoffering.dto;

 import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlEnum;

 /**

  * @Author Sri komandur@uw.edu

  *

  * Our use case involves jpa persistence, storing enum in attributes as 'string' and conversion back to enum

  * This design, explicitly specifying 'business type'  gives flexibility and avoids pitfalls in the future when a stored enum

  * is renamed, for example.

  */

 @XmlEnum(String.class)

 public enum FinalExam {

     STANDARD("STANDARD"), ALTERNATE("ALTERNATE"), NONE("NONE");

     private final String name;

     FinalExam(String name) {

         this.name = name;

     }

     public static FinalExam toEnum(String value) {

         if (value != null) {

             for (FinalExam finalExam : values()) {

                 if (finalExam.name.equals(value)) {

                     return finalExam;

                 }

             }

         }

         return FinalExam.NONE;

     }

     public String fromEnum() {

         return name;

     }

 }