[LANG-153] [lang] Can't XMLDecode an Enum

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 2.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.3

Environment

Operating System: Windows 2000
Platform: PC

• Bugzilla Id: 33965
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Kevin Gilpin
• Created: 12/Mar/05 00:26
• Updated: 06/Feb/07 23:47
• Resolved: 19/Sep/06 21:43

Description

I am encoding and decoding Enums using java.beans.XMLEncoder/Decoder.

When an Enum is decoded, I am using the following to get the instance. The
enumClass name and the enum name are stored in the serialized XML file, then
used to restore the bean at read time
return EnumUtils.getEnum(enumClass, name);

The problem is that the Enum.cEnumClasses map may not contain an entry for the
Enum class yet, despite the fact that the Class for the enum has been loaded.

If I loop through the Class.fields using reflection and get(null) the value for
each one, then the cEnumClasses is populated and getEnum works.

Issue Links

• duplicates: LANG-76 [lang] EnumUtils.getEnum() doesn't work well in 1.5