Access custom controller-defined enum in custom component

Access custom controller-defined enum in custom component

We cannot reference the enum directly since the enum itself is not visible to the page and you can’t make it a property.

Example:

Apex class:

global with sharing class My_Controller {

  public Case currCase {get; set; }

  public enum StatusValue {RED, YELLOW, GREEN}

  public StatusValues getColorStatus() {

    return StatusValue.RED;  //demo code - just return red

  }

}

Visualforce page:

<apex:image url='stopsign.png' rendered="{!colorStatus == StatusValue.RED}" />

Above code snippet will throw error something like “Save Error: Unknown property ‘My_Controller.statusValue’”

Resolution:

Add below method in Apex Controller:

public String currentStatusValue { get{ return getColorStatus().name(); }}

and change Visualforce code to

<apex:image url='stopsign.png' rendered="{!currentStatusValue == 'RED'}" />

The same question was raised in this thread of stackExchange