I have an entity called Code.java that has a column defined as Enumerated.

Code.java

@Entity
public class Code implements Serializable {

     private CodeType type;

...

     @Enumerated
     public CodeType getType() {
          return type;
     }

     public void setType(CodeType type) {
          this.type = type;
     }

...

}

and CodeType.java

public enum CodeType {
     MEDIUM("Medium"), 
     EDITION("Edition");

     private String value;

     private CodeType(String value) {
          this.value = value;
     }
     
     public String getValue() {
          return value;
     }

}

Inside the CodeList.xhtml, the datatable looks like:

            <rich:dataTable id="codeList" 
                           var="_code"
                       value="#{codeList.resultList}" 
                     rendered="#{not empty codeList.resultList}">
         
             <h:column>
                 <f:facet name="header">
                     <a4j:htmlCommandLink styleClass="columnHeader" reRender="codeList"
                                       value="Type #{codeList.order=='c.type asc' ? messages.down : ( codeList.order=='c.type desc' ? messages.up : '' )}">
                         <f:param name="codeListOrder" value="#{codeList.order=='c.type asc' ? 'c.type desc' : 'c.type asc'}"/>
                     </a4j:htmlCommandLink>
                 </f:facet>
                 #{_code.type.value}
             </h:column>   

...

            </rich:dataTable>

And in the CodeList.java:

public class CodeList extends EntityQuery<Item> {

     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1008397397027179231L;

     private static final String[] RESTRICTIONS = {
               "code.type = #{codeList.c.type}",
               "lower(code.code) like concat(lower(#{codeList.c.code}),'%')",
               "lower(code.description) like concat(lower(#{codeList.c.description}),'%')", 
               "code.active = #{codeList.c.active}",
               //"code.strActive = #{codeList.code.strActive}",
               };

     private Code c = new Code();
     
     public CodeList() {
          this.setMaxResults(25);
          this.setEjbql("select c from Code c");
          this.setOrder("c.type asc");
          this.setRestrictionExpressionStrings(Arrays.asList(RESTRICTIONS));
     }     

     public Code getC() {
          return c;
     }

     public CodeType[] getCodeTypes() {
          return CodeType.values();
     }
     
     public BooleanType[] getBooleanTypes() {
          return BooleanType.values();
     }

     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public List<Code> getEditionCodes() {
          return this.getEntityManager().createNamedQuery("c.findCodesByType")
                    .setParameter("type", CodeType.EDITION).getResultList();
     }

     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public List<Code> getMediumCodes() {
          return this.getEntityManager().createNamedQuery("c.findCodesByType")
                    .setParameter("type", CodeType.MEDIUM).getResultList();
     }
     
     @Override
     public String getOrder() {
          if (super.getOrder() == null) {
               setOrder("c.type asc");
          }
          return super.getOrder();
     }
}

The problem is when I try to sort on the enum. It is sorting based on the ordinal value and not the string value. I want to store the ordinal value within the database. Is there a way I can do this?