Getting the most out of Enums

Below an enum I created for some project...

Shoot and give comments !!

public enum DataType{
    
 String(
   "java.lang.String", 
   "String",
   Operator.EQUALS,
   Operator.CONTAINS,
   Operator.IS_EMPTY,
   Operator.IS_NULL,
   Operator.IN
 ) {
  public Object newInstance(Object value) {
   String object  = null;
   if (value == null) { 
    return object;
   }
   try {
    object = java.lang.String.valueOf(value.toString());
   } catch (Exception e) { }
   return object;
  }
 },
 Integer(
   "java.lang.Integer", 
   "Integer",
   Operator.EQUALS,
   Operator.IS_NULL,
   Operator.GT,
   Operator.GTE,
   Operator.LT,
   Operator.LTE,
   Operator.BETWEEN
 ) {
  public Object newInstance(Object value) {
   Integer object  = null;
   if (value == null) { 
    return object;
   }   
   try {
    object = java.lang.Integer.valueOf(value.toString());
   } catch (Exception e) { }
   return object;
  }
 },
 Long(
   "java.lang.Long", 
   "Long"
 ) {
  
  public Object newInstance(Object value) {
   Long object  = null;
   if (value == null) { 
    return object;
   }   
   try {
    object = java.lang.Long.valueOf(value.toString());
   } catch (Exception e) { }
   return object;
  }
 },
 Double(
   "java.lang.Double", 
   "Double",
   Operator.EQUALS,
   Operator.IS_NULL,
   Operator.GT,
   Operator.GTE,
   Operator.LT,
   Operator.LTE,
   Operator.BETWEEN   
 ) {
  public Object newInstance(Object value) {
   Double object  = null;
   if (value == null) { 
    return object;
   }   
   try {
    object = java.lang.Double.valueOf(value.toString());
   } catch (Exception e) { }
   return object;
  }
 },
 Date(
   "java.util.Date", 
   "Date"
 ) {
  public Object newInstance(Object value) {
   Long time = null;
   Date object  = null;
   if (value == null) { 
    return object;
   }   
   try {
    time = java.lang.Long.valueOf(value.toString());
    object = new Date(time);
   } catch (Exception e) { }
   return object;
  }
 },
 Character(
   "java.lang.Character", 
   "Character"
 ) {
  public Object newInstance(Object value) {
   Character object  = null;
   if (value == null) { 
    return object;
   }   
   try {
    String stringvalue = value.toString();
    if (stringvalue.length() == 1 ) {
     object = new Character(stringvalue.charAt(0));
    }
   } catch (Exception e) { }
   return object;
  }
 },
 BigDecimal(
   "java.math.BigDecimal", 
   "BigDecimal"
 ) {
  public Object newInstance(Object value) {
   BigDecimal object  = null;
   if (value == null) { 
    return object;
   }   
   try {
    Double doubleValue = java.lang.Double.valueOf(value.toString());
    object = java.math.BigDecimal.valueOf(doubleValue);
   } catch (Exception e) { }
   return object;
  }
 },
 Boolean(
   "java.lang.Boolean", 
   "Boolean"
 ) {
  public Object newInstance(Object value) {
   Boolean object  = null;
   if (value == null) { 
    return object;
   }   
   try {
    object = java.lang.Boolean.valueOf(value.toString());
   } catch (Exception e) { }
   return object;
  }
 };
 
 private String fullName;
 private String shortName;
 private List validOperators;
 
 DataType(String fullName, String shortName, Operator...operators) {
  this.fullName = fullName;
  this.shortName = shortName;
  validOperators = new ArrayList();
  for (Operator operator : operators) {
   validOperators.add(operator);
  }
 }
 
 public String getFullName() {
  return this.fullName;
 }
 
 public String getShortName() {
  return this.shortName;
 }
 
 public List getValidOperators() {
  return this.validOperators;
 }
 
 public abstract Object newInstance(Object value);
 
 public String toString() {
  return this.shortName;
 }
 
}