diff --git a/light-rest-4j/src/main/java/com/networknt/codegen/rest/OpenApiGenerator.java b/light-rest-4j/src/main/java/com/networknt/codegen/rest/OpenApiGenerator.java
index a000494c4..2daecf8d8 100644
--- a/light-rest-4j/src/main/java/com/networknt/codegen/rest/OpenApiGenerator.java
+++ b/light-rest-4j/src/main/java/com/networknt/codegen/rest/OpenApiGenerator.java
@@ -168,7 +168,9 @@ public void generate(String targetPath, Object model, Any config) throws IOExcep
                     String key = entry.getKey();
                     Map<String, Any> value = entry.getValue().asMap();
                     String type = null;
+                    String enums = null;
                     boolean isEnum = false;
+                    boolean isEnumClass = false;
                     Map<String, Any> properties = null;
                     List<Any> required = null;
 
@@ -177,6 +179,11 @@ public void generate(String targetPath, Object model, Any config) throws IOExcep
                             type = entrySchema.getValue().toString();
                             if("enum".equals(type)) isEnum = true;
                         }
+                        if("enum".equals(entrySchema.getKey())) {
+                            isEnumClass = true;
+                            enums = entrySchema.getValue().asList().toString();
+                            enums = enums.substring(enums.indexOf("[") + 1, enums.indexOf("]"));
+                        }
                         if("properties".equals(entrySchema.getKey())) {
                             properties = entrySchema.getValue().asMap();
                             // transform properties
@@ -304,6 +311,10 @@ public void generate(String targetPath, Object model, Any config) throws IOExcep
                     if(!overwriteModel && checkExist(targetPath, ("src.main.java." + modelPackage).replace(".", separator), modelFileName + ".java")) {
                         continue;
                     }
+                    if (isEnumClass) {
+                        transfer(targetPath, ("src.main.java." + modelPackage).replace(".", separator), modelFileName + ".java", templates.rest.enumClass.template(modelPackage, modelFileName, enums));
+                        continue;
+                    }
                     transfer(targetPath, ("src.main.java." + modelPackage).replace(".", separator), modelFileName + ".java", templates.rest.pojo.template(modelPackage, modelFileName, classVarName,  props));
                 }
             }
diff --git a/light-rest-4j/src/main/resources/templates/rest/enumClass.rocker.raw b/light-rest-4j/src/main/resources/templates/rest/enumClass.rocker.raw
index 59e831aa7..e735b9796 100644
--- a/light-rest-4j/src/main/resources/templates/rest/enumClass.rocker.raw
+++ b/light-rest-4j/src/main/resources/templates/rest/enumClass.rocker.raw
@@ -1,34 +1,8 @@
-@import com.jsoniter.any.Any
-@import java.util.Map
-@import java.util.List
-@args (Map<String, Any> prop)
-    @with (v = prop.get("nameWithEnum") + ".values()", value = prop.get("value").asList()) {
-    public enum @prop.get("nameWithEnum") {
-        @for((i, item) :  value) {
-        @with(u = item.toString().toUpperCase().replaceAll("-", "_")) {@if (i.index() <  value.size() - 1) {@u ("@item"),}@if(i.index() == value.size() - 1) {@u ("@item");}}
-        }
+@args (String modelPackage, String className, String enums)
+package @modelPackage;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
 
-        private final @prop.get("type") value;
+public enum @className {
+    @enums;
 
-        @prop.get("nameWithEnum")(@prop.get("type") value) {
-            this.value = value;
-        }
-
-        @@Override
-        public String toString() {
-            return String.valueOf(value);
-        }
-
-        public static @prop.get("nameWithEnum") fromValue(String text) {
-            for (@prop.get("nameWithEnum") b : @v) {
-                if (String.valueOf(b.value).equals(text)) {
-                return b;
-                }
-            }
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-
-    private @prop.get("nameWithEnum") @prop.get("name");
-
-    }
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/light-rest-4j/src/main/resources/templates/rest/enumInline.rocker.raw b/light-rest-4j/src/main/resources/templates/rest/enumInline.rocker.raw
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59e831aa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/light-rest-4j/src/main/resources/templates/rest/enumInline.rocker.raw
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+@import com.jsoniter.any.Any
+@import java.util.Map
+@import java.util.List
+@args (Map<String, Any> prop)
+    @with (v = prop.get("nameWithEnum") + ".values()", value = prop.get("value").asList()) {
+    public enum @prop.get("nameWithEnum") {
+        @for((i, item) :  value) {
+        @with(u = item.toString().toUpperCase().replaceAll("-", "_")) {@if (i.index() <  value.size() - 1) {@u ("@item"),}@if(i.index() == value.size() - 1) {@u ("@item");}}
+        }
+
+        private final @prop.get("type") value;
+
+        @prop.get("nameWithEnum")(@prop.get("type") value) {
+            this.value = value;
+        }
+
+        @@Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return String.valueOf(value);
+        }
+
+        public static @prop.get("nameWithEnum") fromValue(String text) {
+            for (@prop.get("nameWithEnum") b : @v) {
+                if (String.valueOf(b.value).equals(text)) {
+                return b;
+                }
+            }
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private @prop.get("nameWithEnum") @prop.get("name");
+
+    }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/light-rest-4j/src/main/resources/templates/rest/pojo.rocker.raw b/light-rest-4j/src/main/resources/templates/rest/pojo.rocker.raw
index 98cf836b1..7bf185bb0 100644
--- a/light-rest-4j/src/main/resources/templates/rest/pojo.rocker.raw
+++ b/light-rest-4j/src/main/resources/templates/rest/pojo.rocker.raw
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 public class @className {
 
     @for (prop: props) {
-    @if(prop.get("isEnum").toBoolean()) {@templates.rest.enumClass.template(prop)} else {private @prop.get("type") @prop.get("name");}
+    @if(prop.get("isEnum").toBoolean()) {@templates.rest.enumInline.template(prop)} else {private @prop.get("type") @prop.get("name");}
     }
 
     public @className () {