Looks like you're trying to implement a method that already exists on enum classes, the valueOf() one. Is either that or you misunderstood enums and are trying to use them as normal classes (enums cannot be instantiated)

bengt.hammarlund: Ya that is what I came to. It was completely I did not understand how to use them properly. I am coming from an iOS background so things are just slightly different and I don't know all the ins and outs of things yet. Thanks for your help.

No problem! Just keep in mind that the goal of an

Enum

is having predefined static values defined in a nicer way than for example an Interface or Class with public static final fields.