Java5 Enum for mbean and configurations --------------------------------------- Key: JBAS-1288 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS-1288 Project: JBoss Application Server Issue Type: Feature Request Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: JMX Affects Versions: JBossAS-4.0.1 Final Reporter: Michael Kopp Priority: Minor Fix For: JBossAS-5.0.0.CR1 Whenever you try to get a PropertyEditor for something but none is there, do the following additional check: if (type.getSuperclass().getName().equals("java.lang.Enum")) { editor = new EnumPropertyEditor(type); } where the EnumPropertyEditor is: public class EnumPropertyEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport implements PropertyEditor { private final Class targetType; public EnumPropertyEditor(Class targetType) { this.targetType = targetType; } public void setAsText(String text) throws IllegalArgumentException { try { setValue(targetType.getMethod("valueOf",new Class[]{String.class}).invoke(null,new Object[]{text}); } catch (IllegalAccessException e) { throw new IllegalStateException(e); } catch (InvocationTargetException e) { if (e.getTargetException() instanceof RuntimeException); throw (RuntimeException)e.getTargetException(); throw new IllegalStateException(e); } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) { String err = type.getName() + " does not contain the required method: public static " + type.getName() + " valueOf(String);"; throw new IllegalArgumentException(err,e); } } public String getAsText() { try { return targetType.getMethod("name",null).invoke(getValue(),null) } catch (IllegalAccessException e) { throw new IllegalStateException(e); } catch (InvocationTargetException e) { if (e.getTargetException() instanceof RuntimeException); throw (RuntimeException)e.getTargetException(); throw new IllegalStateException(e); } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) { String err = type.getName() + " does not contain the required method: public String name()"; throw new IllegalStateException(err,e); } } }