State.java

/**
 * A list of all 50 states (plus DC) and their abbreviations.
 *
 * @author kyle
 * @version 1/20/16
 */
public enum State {
    ALABAMA         ("Alabama",              "AL"),
    ALASKA          ("Alaska",               "AZ"),
    ARKANSAS        ("Arkansas",             "AK"),
    ARIZONA         ("Arizona",              "AZ"),
    CALIFORNIA      ("California",           "CA"),
    COLORADO        ("Colorado",             "CO"),
    CONNECTICUT     ("Connecticut",          "CT"),
    DC              ("District of Columbia", "DC"),
    DELAWARE        ("Delaware",             "DE"),
    FLORIDA         ("Florida",              "FL"),
    GEORGIA         ("Georgia",              "GA"),
    HAWAII          ("Hawaii",               "HI"),
    IDAHO           ("Idaho",                "ID"),
    ILLINOIS        ("Illinois",             "IL"),
    INDIANA         ("Indiana",              "IN"),
    IOWA            ("Iowa",                 "IA"),
    KANSAS          ("Kansas",               "KS"),
    KENTUCKY        ("Kentucky",             "KY"),
    LOUISIANA       ("Louisiana",            "LA"),
    MAINE           ("Maine",                "MA"),
    MARYLAND        ("Maryland",             "MD"),
    MASSACHUSETTS   ("Massachusetts",        "MA"),
    MICHIGAN        ("Michigan",             "MI"),
    MINNESOTA       ("Minnesota",            "MN"),
    MISSISSIPPI     ("Mississippi",          "MS"),
    MISSOURI        ("Missouri",             "MO"),
    MONTANA         ("Montana",              "MT"),
    NEBRASKA        ("Nebraska",             "NE"),
    NEVADA          ("Nevada",               "NV"),
    NEW_HAMPSHIRE   ("New Hampshire",        "NH"),
    NEW_JERSEY      ("New Jersey",           "NJ"),
    NEW_MEXICO      ("New Mexico",           "NM"),
    NEW_YORK        ("New York",             "NY"),
    NORTH_CAROLINA  ("North Carolina",       "NC"),
    NORTH_DAKOTA    ("North Dakota",         "ND"),
    OHIO            ("Ohio",                 "OH"),
    OKLAHOMA        ("Oklahoma",             "OK"),
    OREGON          ("Oregon",               "OR"),
    PENNSYLVANIA    ("Pennsylvania",         "PA"),
    RHODE_ISLAND    ("Rhode Island",         "RI"),
    SOUTH_CAROLINA  ("South Carolina",       "SC"),
    SOUTH_DAKOTA    ("South Dakota",         "SD"),
    TENNESSEE       ("Tennessee",            "TN"),
    TEXAS           ("Texas",                "TX"),
    UTAH            ("Utah",                 "UT"),
    VERMONT         ("Vermont",              "VT"),
    VIRGINIA        ("Virginia",             "VA"),
    WASHINGTON      ("Washington",           "WA"),
    WEST_VIRGINIA   ("West Virginia",        "WV"),
    WISCONSIN       ("Wisconsin",            "WI"),
    WYOMING         ("Wyoming",              "WY");

    private String name;
    private String abbreviation;

    State(String name, String abbreviation) {
        this.name = name;
        this.abbreviation = abbreviation;
    }

    public String getAbbreviation() {
        return this.abbreviation;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return this.name;
    }

    /**
     * Provides a state from a String. Matches either the name or abbreviation.
     *
     * @param toParse The String to parse
     * @return If the String matches a state, then the state it matches;
     * otherwise null
     */
    public static State parseState(String toParse) {
        for (State state : State.values()) {
            if (state.getName().equals(toParse)
                || state.getAbbreviation().equals(toParse)) {
                return state;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}