add direct enum ref in JCodemodel

[guiguilechat]

sorry if this is already present, did not find it.

I already have this code in a common class :

class A {
A(MyEnum param){}
}

I want to use JCodeModel to create the class B:

class B extends A{
B(){
super(MyEnum.enum1);
}
}

I create the definedclass bclass, create the constructor, but when I want to set super(enum1) I need to call JExpr.enumConstantRef(cm.ref(MyEnum.class), enum1.name())

I think it would be easier to add an enumRef in JCodeModel that allow to refer to an enum constant more easily. eg

/** 
* refer to clazz.ref
*/
    public <T extends Enum<T>> JEnumConstantRef enumRef(Class<T> clazz, T ref) {
        return JExpr.enumConstantRef(ref(clazz), ref.name());
    }

(did not test this code, maybe the idea is bad - it compiles but :P )

[phax]

Will review it after my vacation :) looks good

[guiguilechat]

Enjoy the vacation :)

[guiguilechat]

maybe instead of enumRef, overload the lit() method ? At first I searched in the lit because I thought it would be there. Not sure though, it's not a litteral value but a litteral reference.

[phax]

I now added a method enumConstantRef to AbstractJClass so that you can basically code like this: cm.ref (MyEnum.class).enumConstantRef ("ENUM1") - I don't want to bloat the JCodeModel class with these utility methods - there would be hundreds of them. Please tell if that already helps.

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[phax]

I assume it is okay. Part of v3.2.4