Enum – Create groups for values

If you need to create groups for your Enum class, there are few options which you can choose. Here is examples of two ways.

Inner Enum class

public class EnumGroups {

    public enum Fields{		
    USER_NAME(Group.USER_BASIC),
                USER_SURNAME(Group.USER_BASIC),
                USER_EMAIL(Group.USER_BASIC),
                USER_PHONE(Group.USER_BASIC),
                USER_STREET(Group.USER_ADDRESS),
                USER_ZIP(Group.USER_ADDRESS),
                USER_COUNTRY(Group.USER_ADDRESS),
    USER_NEWS(Group.USER_SETTINGS),
    USER_PRODUCT(Group.USER_SETTINGS);

    Fields(Group group) {
      this.group = group;
    }

    private final Group group;

    public Group getGroup() {
      return this.group;
    }

    public enum Group {
      USER_BASIC, USER_ADDRESS, USER_SETTINGS;
    }
  }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        for(Fields field : Fields.values()) {
            System.out.println(field.name() + " is under " + field.getGroup().name());
        }
    }
    
}

Output:

USER_NAME is under USER_BASIC
USER_SURNAME is under USER_BASIC
USER_EMAIL is under USER_BASIC
USER_PHONE is under USER_BASIC
USER_STREET is under USER_ADDRESS
USER_ZIP is under USER_ADDRESS
USER_COUNTRY is under USER_ADDRESS
USER_NEWS is under USER_SETTINGS
USER_PRODUCT is under USER_SETTINGS

 Use EnumSet

import java.util.EnumSet;

public class EnumGroups {

    public enum Fields{		
    USER_NAME,
                USER_SURNAME,
                USER_EMAIL,
                USER_PHONE,
                USER_STREET,
                USER_ZIP,
                USER_COUNTRY,
    USER_NEWS,
    USER_PRODUCT;

                public static EnumSet<Fields> userBasic = EnumSet.of(USER_NAME, USER_SURNAME, USER_EMAIL, USER_PHONE);
                public static EnumSet<Fields> userAddress = EnumSet.of(USER_STREET, USER_ZIP, USER_COUNTRY);
                public static EnumSet<Fields> userSetting = EnumSet.of(USER_NEWS, USER_PRODUCT);
  }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        for(Fields field : Fields.values()) {
            if (Fields.userBasic.contains(field))
                System.out.println(field.name() + " is from User basic information part.");
            if (Fields.userAddress.contains(field))
                System.out.println(field.name() + " is from User address information part.");
            if (Fields.userSetting.contains(field))
                System.out.println(field.name() + " is from User setting information part.");
        }
    }
    
}

Output:

USER_NAME is from User basic information part.
USER_SURNAME is from User basic information part.
USER_EMAIL is from User basic information part.
USER_PHONE is from User basic information part.
USER_STREET is from User address information part.
USER_ZIP is from User address information part.
USER_COUNTRY is from User address information part.
USER_NEWS is from User setting information part.
USER_PRODUCT is from User setting information part.