Java - Enum name() method



Description

The Java Enum name() method returns the name of this enum constant, exactly as declared in its enum declaration.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.lang.Enum.name() method

public final String name()

Parameters

NA

Return Value

This method returns the name of this enum constant.

Exception

NA

Example 1

The following example shows the usage of name() method for an enum.

package com.tutorialspoint;

// enum showing programming languages
enum Language {
   C, Java, PHP;
}
public class EnumDemo {
   public static void main(String args[]) {

      // returns the name and name of this enum constant
      System.out.print("Programming in " + Language.C.toString());      
      System.out.println(", Name = " + Language.C.name()); 
      System.out.print("Programming in " + Language.Java.toString());  
      System.out.println(", Name = " + Language.Java.name()); 
      System.out.print("Programming in " + Language.PHP.toString());  
      System.out.println(", Name = " + Language.PHP.name());    
   }
} 

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Programming in C, Name = C
Programming in Java, Name = Java
Programming in PHP, Name = PHP

Example 2

The following example shows the another usage of name() method for a different enum.

package com.tutorialspoint;

// enum showing topics covered under Tutorials
enum Tutorials {  
   Java, HTML, Python; 
}  
public class EnumDemo { 
   public static void main(String args[]) {
      Tutorials t1, t2, t3;     
      t1 = Tutorials.Java; 
      t2 = Tutorials.HTML; 
      t3 = Tutorials.Python;     
      System.out.print("Programming in " + t1.toString());      
      System.out.println(", Name = " + t1.name()); 
      System.out.print("Programming in " + t2.toString());  
      System.out.println(", Name = " + t2.name()); 
      System.out.print("Programming in " + t3.toString());  
      System.out.println(", Name = " + t3.name());
   } 
} 

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Programming in Java, Name = Java
Programming in HTML, Name = HTML
Programming in Python, Name = Python
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