Thymeleaf Enums Example

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In this article, we will discuss how to use Enums in Thymeleaf with an example.

Learn Thymeleaf at https://www.javaguides.net/p/thymeleaf-tutorial.html.

Displaying Enums in a Dropdown Menu

Let's first define our Color enum class:

public enum Color {
    BLACK, BLUE, RED, YELLOW, GREEN, ORANGE, PURPLE, WHITE
}

Let's use select and option to create a dropdown that uses our Color enum:

<select name="color">
    <option th:each="colorOpt : ${T(com.baeldung.thymeleaf.model.Color).values()}"
        th:value="${colorOpt}" th:text="${colorOpt}"></option>
</select>

Use Enum in If Statements

We can use a Thymeleaf if statement with our Color enum to conditionally display text:

<div th:if="${tomato.color == T(com.example.thymeleaf.model.Color).RED}">
    Tomato color.
</div>

Another option is to use a string comparison:

<div th:if="${tree.color.name() == 'GREEN'}">
    Green is for go.
</div>

Use Enum in Switch-Case Statements

In addition to if statements, Thymeleaf supports a switch-case statement.

Let's consider we have the following enum structure that contains days of the week:

public enum DayOfTheWeek {
    MONDAY,
    TUESDAY,
    WEDNESDAY,
    THURSDAY,
    FRIDAY,
    SATURDAY,
    SUNDAY;
}

The below example shows how to use enum values in th:switch and th:case statements:

<th:block th:switch="${day}">
    <span th:case="${T(com.example.thymeleaf.enums.model.DayOfTheWeek).MONDAY}">weekday</span>
    <span th:case="${T(com.example.thymeleaf.enums.model.DayOfTheWeek).TUESDAY}">weekday</span>
    <span th:case="${T(com.example.thymeleaf.enums.model.DayOfTheWeek).WEDNESDAY}">weekday</span>
    <span th:case="${T(com.example.thymeleaf.enums.model.DayOfTheWeek).THURSDAY}">weekday</span>
    <span th:case="${T(com.example.thymeleaf.enums.model.DayOfTheWeek).FRIDAY}">weekday</span>
    <span th:case="${T(com.example.thymeleaf.enums.model.DayOfTheWeek).SATURDAY}">weekend</span>
    <span th:case="${T(com.example.thymeleaf.enums.model.DayOfTheWeek).SUNDAY}">weekend</span>
</th:block>

We are using use T() syntax to get the static fields from enum object.

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