Java enums from a given string

To generate a instance of a enum class by a given string you can use the valueOf() method.

public class EnumByGivenStringSample {
    private enum Language
       {
           JAVA, RUBY, SCALA, GROOVY, CLOJURE
       }

       public static Language languageByString(String language)
       {
           return Language.valueOf(language);
       }
}