Fix #2663

release-notes/VERSION-2.x

@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ Project: jackson-databind
 #2643: Change default textual serialization of `java.util.Date`/`Calendar`
   to include colon in timezone offset
 #2647: Add `ObjectMapper.createParser()` and `createGenerator()` methods
+#2663: Add new factory method for creating custom `EnumValues` to pass to `EnumDeserializer
+ (requested by Rafal K)
 - Add `SerializerProvider.findContentValueSerializer()` methods
 
 2.10.4 (not yet released)

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/EnumValues.java

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.cfg.MapperConfig;
 
 /**
- * Helper class used for storing String serializations of
- * enumerations.
+ * Helper class used for storing String serializations of {@code Enum}s,
+ * to match to/from external representations.
  */
 public final class EnumValues
     implements java.io.Serializable
@@ -58,23 +58,44 @@ public static EnumValues constructFromName(MapperConfig<?> config, Class<Enum<?>
             }
             textual[en.ordinal()] = config.compileString(name);
         }
-        return new EnumValues(enumClass, textual);
+        return construct(enumClass, textual);
     }
 
     public static EnumValues constructFromToString(MapperConfig<?> config, Class<Enum<?>> enumClass)
     {
         Class<? extends Enum<?>> cls = ClassUtil.findEnumType(enumClass);
         Enum<?>[] values = cls.getEnumConstants();
-        if (values != null) {
-            SerializableString[] textual = new SerializableString[values.length];
-            for (Enum<?> en : values) {
-                textual[en.ordinal()] = config.compileString(en.toString());
-            }
-            return new EnumValues(enumClass, textual);
+        if (values == null) { // can this ever occur?
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot determine enum constants for Class "+enumClass.getName());
+        }
+        ArrayList<String> external = new ArrayList<>(values.length);
+        for (Enum<?> en : values) {
+            external.add(en.toString());
         }
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot determine enum constants for Class "+enumClass.getName());
+        return construct(config, enumClass, external);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @since 2.11
+     */
+    public static EnumValues construct(MapperConfig<?> config, Class<Enum<?>> enumClass,
+            List<String> externalValues) {
+        final int len = externalValues.size();
+        SerializableString[] textual = new SerializableString[len];
+        for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+            textual[i] = config.compileString(externalValues.get(i));
+        }
+        return construct(enumClass, textual);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @since 2.11
+     */
+    public static EnumValues construct(Class<Enum<?>> enumClass,
+            SerializableString[] externalValues) {
+        return new EnumValues(enumClass, externalValues);
+    }
+
     public SerializableString serializedValueFor(Enum<?> key) {
         return _textual[key.ordinal()];
     }