Exhaustive match on possible object values - scala

Question

First the code:
object MyEnums {
sealed abstract class MyEnum(val value: String)
case object First extends MyEnum("Some_ugly_looking_value1")
case object Second extends MyEnum("Some_ugly_looking_value2")
case object Third extends MyEnum("Some_ugly_looking_value3")
case object Fourth extends MyEnum("Some_ugly_looking_value4")
def fromString(value: String): Option[MyEnum] =
value match {
case First.value => Option(First)
case Second.value => Option(Second)
case Third.value => Option(Third)
case Fourth.value => Option(Fourth)
case _ => None
}
}
What I'm trying to achieve here is to be able to parse a string value coming from the outside into the form of the above enum. At the same time I would like to have the exhaustive pattern matching compiler warning if I don't cover all options in the match expression. What options do I have here? I don't like what I implemented above, since if this enum grows I may just forget to implement the new case clause...

Answer 1

Consider enumeratum like so
import enumeratum._
sealed abstract class MyEnum(override val entryName: String) extends EnumEntry
object MyEnum extends Enum[MyEnum] {
val values = findValues
case object First extends MyEnum("Some_ugly_looking_value1")
case object Second extends MyEnum("Some_ugly_looking_value2")
case object Third extends MyEnum("Some_ugly_looking_value3")
case object Fourth extends MyEnum("Some_ugly_looking_value4")
}
MyEnum.withName("Some_ugly_looking_value1") // res1: MyEnum = First
Now we do not have to fiddle with pattern match when adding a new case object.