Move switch statement to use Enum

Question

Newbie here. I want to convert the switch statement to use enum. I created enum, used that in switch statement but then i can't figure out how to pass in c into that to return appropriate value.

Method to convert:

public String convert(String c) {
    switch(c) {
        case "red":
            return "purple";
        case "yellow":
            return "orange";
        default:
            return c;
    }
}

Enum that I tried and didn't work:

public enum colorChange {

RED("purple"),
YELLOW("orange");

private final String color;

private colorChange(String color) {
    this.color = color;
}

public String getcolor() {
    return color;

Ultimately, what i am looking to do is something like this:

public String convert(String c) {
switch(c) {
    case RED:
        return RED.getcolor();
    case YELLOW:
        return YELLOW.getcolor();
    default:
        return c;
}

}

Many thanks in advance for help.

Answer 1

Something like this is the tidiest way to do it - you don't even need a switch.

public enum ColorChange {

    RED("purple"),
    YELLOW("orange");

    private final String color;

    ColorChange(String color) {
        this.color = color;
    }

    public static String change(String color) {
        return valueOf(color.toUpperCase()).color;
    }
}

public void test(String[] args) {
    System.out.println("red -> "+ColorChange.change("red"));
}