Extracting name and value from the enum

Question

I wrote the below enum from which I need to extract the name and its value:

public enum UserEnum {
    TreeUser("/tree"), ParentUser("/parent");

    private String value;

    UserEnum(String value) {
        this.value = value;
    }

    public String value() {
        return value;
    }
}

This is the way I am using the above UserEnum in my code base:

// extract TreeUser
String nameOfTree = UserEnum.TreeUser.name();
String valueOfTree = UserEnum.TreeUser.value();

// extract ParentUser   
String nameOfParent = UserEnum.ParentUser.name();
String valueOfParent = UserEnum.ParentUser.value(); 

// and I am using UserEnum this way as well to make name1=value1,name2=value2   
String mapping = UserEnum.TreeUser.name() + "="
                + UserEnum.TreeUser.value() + "," + UserEnum.ParentUser.name() + "="
                + UserEnum.ParentUser.value();  

I am opting for a review to see whether I can simplify anything in my enum.

Answer 1

Not sure about the usage of nameOfTree , nameOfParent and same for the value. But one thing to simplify your mapping and provide a representation for your enum is:

public String toString(){
    return  this.name() + "=" + this.value()
}

// and mapping cna be written as.
String mapping = UserEnum.TreeUser.toString() +  "," + UserEnum.ParentUser.toString();
String mapping = UserEnum.TreeUser +  "," + UserEnum.ParentUser; // toString() is called implictly.

Answer 2

You seem to be looking for something completely different.

Currently you are putting settings into your code... hardcoded.
You should try not to mix up Logic and Data. It might be very favorable to instead use something like a properties-file, which follows the same syntax as your mapping:

Properties userDirectories = new Properties();
userDirectories.load(configuration);
for (String user : userDirectories.propertyNames()) {
    String dir = userDirectories.get(user);
     //use this instead
}