Generically load enum mapping via properties file
public static void main(String[] args) { final Properties props = loadProperties("some.properties"); loadMap(props, SomeEnum.class, someMap, "some.properties"); } public > void loadMap(final Properties props, Class enumType, Map m, final String resourceName) { for (Object o: props.keySet()) { String key = null; String value = null; try { key = (String) o; value = (String) props.get(key); m.put(key, Enum.valueOf(enumType, value)); } catch (Exception ex) { log.error(String.format("Error loading %s key %s, value %s", resourceName, key, value), ex); } } } ...