Injecting an enum value into a util:map

Hi, I'm quite new to Spring. I have the following which results in an error

public enum AppParameters {ORGANISATION, DESCRIPTION, STATUS}

public enum AppStatuses {LIVE, PRELIVE}

<util:map id="myMap" key-type="AppParameters">
<entry key="ORGANISATION" value="AnOrg" />
<entry key="DESCRIPTION" value="ADescription" />
<entry key="STATUS" value="AppStatuses.LIVE" />
</util:map>

This result in a ClassCastException because AppStatuses.LIVE is being treated as a String.

WARNING: java.lang.String cannot be cast to AppStatuses

Replacing the "value" with "ref" results in a Sax error, Attribute ref is not allowed to appear in element 'entry'

I want to inject an AppStatuses enum into the STATUS value on myMap. How can I achieve this?

Thanks
Ben

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Originally Posted by benboxer

Replacing the "value" with "ref" results in a Sax error, Attribute ref is not allowed to appear in element 'entry'

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Not quite sure but wasn't it "value-ref"? I don't have the code to hand where I used it.

Joerg

OK, many thanks. I've used value-ref which seems to have solved the issue.