java set condition to start with a certain enum value

Question

How can I write a condition in java to check for an enum value that start with IOS ?

for the following condition it just sets it equal to IOS but I want my condition to have my getSoftwareName() to startWith IOS

if (request.getEquipmentInfo().getSoftwareName() == RouterSwName.IOS) {

}

Here is my enum class:

 public enum RouterSwName   
{
   JUNOS,
   IOS,
   IOS_XR,
   IOS_XE,
   OTHER; }

Answer 1

How about

request.getEquipmentInfo.getSoftwareName().toString().startsWith("IOS")

Assuming that getSoftwareName() returns an enum, its toString() should return raw enum name as String . Then you simply check if it starts with "IOS".

Answer 2

you could:

if (request.getEquipmentInfo().getSoftwareName() == RouterSwName.IOS ||
    request.getEquipmentInfo().getSoftwareName() == RouterSwName.IOS_XR ||
    request.getEquipmentInfo().getSoftwareName() == RouterSwName.IOS_XE)
{

}

Answer 3

You could attach a property to each constant, but I would just keep a separate set of them:

private static final Set<RouteSwName> IOS_ROUTERS =
    Collections.unmodifiableSet(
        EnumSet.of(
            RouteSwName.IOS,
            RouteSwName.IOS_XR,
            RouteSwName.IOS_XE));

Then you can just do:

if (IOS_ROUTERS.contains(request.getEquipmentInfo().getSoftwareName())) {