Kotlin enum with string values

An enum class with string values.

enum class ActionType(val type: String) {
    BLOCKING("blocking"),
    BACKGROUND("background"),
    CALLBACKS("callbacks"),
    SUSPEND("suspend"),
    CONCURRENT("concurrent"),
    NOT_CANCELABLE("not cancellable"),
    PROGRESS("progress"),
    CHANNELS("channels"),
    CANCEL("cancel"),
}

To get the string value from this enum

fun getStringVal(actionType: ActionType): String {
  return actionType.type;
}

To get the enum value

fun printEnumVal(actionType: ActionType) {
  print(actionType)
}

printEnumVal(ActionType.SUSPEND); // prints SUSPEND

Switch statements with kotlin enum

fun onAction(actionType: ActionType) {
    when (actionType) {
        ActionType.BLOCKING -> {
            print(actionType.toString())       // prints BLOCKING
            print(actionType)                  // prints BLOCKING
            print(actionType.type)             // prints blocking
        }
        ActionType.BACKGROUND -> {
            print(actionType)        // prints BACKGROUND
            print(actionType.type)   // prints background
        }
        ActionType.CALLBACKS -> {
            print(actionType)       // prints CALLBACKS
            print(actionType.type)  // prints callbacks
        }
        ActionType.SUSPEND -> {
            print(actionType)       // prints SUSPEND
            print(actionType.type)  // prints suspend
        }
        ActionType.CONCURRENT -> {
            print(actionType)       // prints CONCURRENT
            print(actionType.type)  // prints concurrent
        }
        ActionType.NOT_CANCELABLE -> {
            print(actionType)       // prints NOT_CANCELABLE
            print(actionType.type)  // prints not cancellable
        }
        ActionType.PROGRESS -> {
            print(actionType)       // prints PROGRESS
            print(actionType.type)  // prints progress
        }
        ActionType.CHANNELS -> {
            print(actionType)       // prints CHANNELS
            print(actionType.type)  // prints channels
        }
        ActionType.CANCEL -> {
            print(actionType)       // prints CANCEL
            print(actionType.type)  // prints cancel
        }
        else -> {
            print("Not a valid action type")
        }
    }
}