# Creating a custom stereotype with the Enumeration Literal capability

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**Category:** UML\
**Created:** [June 3, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/t/creating-a-custom-stereotype-with-the-enumeration-literal-capability/18075 "2023-06-03T02:05:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![mericson](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/user_avatar/forums.visual-paradigm.com/mericson/32/6280_2.png) [@mericson](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/u/mericson)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/t/creating-a-custom-stereotype-with-the-enumeration-literal-capability/18075/1 "2023-06-03T02:05:44Z")

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I read about the enumeration class type with the enumeration literal and would like to recreate that same behavior for my stereotype that is not an enumeration so it will have a different stereotype (such as \<\>).

Is there a way for me to create my own stereotype with something very similar to the “enumeration literal” available on an “enumeration” class type?

My fallback is to have two stereotypes, \<\> and \<\> but it isn’t my preferred approach.

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**Author:** ![Rain](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/user_avatar/forums.visual-paradigm.com/rain/32/2309_2.png) [@Rain](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/u/Rain)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2023, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/t/creating-a-custom-stereotype-with-the-enumeration-literal-capability/18075/2 "2023-06-13T08:21:54Z")

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Thank you for your inquiry. I’m sorry that the enumeration literal is built-in to the software specific for classes with enumeration stereotype. Would you please tell me more details about your use case so that I can discuss with our engineers and see how we can help?

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**Author:** ![mericson](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/user_avatar/forums.visual-paradigm.com/mericson/32/6280_2.png) [@mericson](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/u/mericson)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/t/creating-a-custom-stereotype-with-the-enumeration-literal-capability/18075/3 "2023-06-28T17:44:20Z")

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I want the same behavior as the “enumeration” stereotype and enumeration literals. However, for project reasons, our stereotype is not called “enumeration” since the implementation is a “lookup” (or LOV). My workaround, for now, is to add both the stereotype and our custom “lookup” stereotype, but it is less than ideal and confusing to some people.