Defining Enum value in bean definition (Spring 3.0.5.RELEASE)

[gunny]

I have an enum defined as

public enum Monsoon {
	SPRING(1),
	SUMMER(2),
	AUTUMN(3),
	FALL(4),
	WINTER(5);
	
   private final Integer seasonId;
   	
   public Integer seasonId() {
	return seasonId;
   }
   
   private Monsoon(Integer seasonId) {
      this.seasonId = seasonId;		
   }
}

i had defined the enum as property to a bean as follows;

<bean id="weather" class="org.weather.WeatherIntereceptor">
    <property name="seasonId">
        <value type="org.weather.Monsoon">#{SPRING.seasonId}</value>
    </property>
</bean>

But the above throws an exception saying SPRING no property or field definition

Where am i going wrong ?

[dkarr]

I don't know if this helps you, but if you instead defined a "season" instance variable on "WeatherInterceptor" of type "Monsoon" (which really should be "Season"), then you could do this:

<bean id="weather" class="org.weather.WeatherIntereceptor">
    <property name="season" value="SPRING"/>
</bean>

[gunny]

That would'nt return 1 ( seasonId integer value ) that I was looking for, it would only give me SPRING.

[dkarr]

Of course it wouldn't return "1", it would return the actual enum value. I got this information right out of the Spring documentation. Search for "Setting a bean property or constructor arg from a field value" in the documentation.

[gunny]

Agreed dkarr. I refactored the interceptor to contain enum instance inplace of featureId.
That gives me access to featureId from the enum. Thanks!