Enumerated types are declared using the ENUM() statement. You must declare the acceptable enumeration values when you use this statement.

To define a simple two-field table where the primary key is a UID and the second field contains an enum, you use the following script:

CREATE TABLE myTable (
    uid INTEGER,
    myEnum ENUM (Apple,Pears,Oranges),
    PRIMARY KEY (uid)
) 

CHECK constraints are not supported for enumerated fields.

DEFAULT and NOT NULL constraints are supported for enumerated fields. See DEFAULT for more information.

To write the enum, use Row.putEnum(). If the enumeration value that you use with this method does not match a value defined on the -enum-values parameter during table definition, an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.

TableAPI tableH = kvstore.getTableAPI();

Table myTable = tableH.getTable("myTable");

Row row = myTable.createRow();
row.put("uid", 12345);

row.putEnum("myEnum", "Pears");

tableH.put(row, null, null); 

To read the enum, use Row.get().asEnum(). This returns a EnumValue class instance. You can then use EnumValue.get() to retrieve the stored enum value's name as a string. Alternatively, you can use EnumValue.getIndex() to retrieve the stored value's index position.

For example:

TableAPI tableH = kvstore.getTableAPI();

Table myTable = tableH.getTable("myTable");

/* Create a primary key for user id 12345 and get a row */
PrimaryKey key = myTable.createPrimaryKey();
key.put("uid", 12345);
Row row = tableH.get(key, null);

EnumValue ev = row.get("testEnum").asEnum();
System.out.println("enum as string: " + 
                ev.get()); // returns "Pears"
System.out.println("enum index: " + 
                ev.getIndex()); // returns '1'