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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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