diff --git a/fpi-framework-core/src/main/java/com/abavilla/fpi/fw/entity/enums/IBaseEnum.java b/fpi-framework-core/src/main/java/com/abavilla/fpi/fw/entity/enums/IBaseEnum.java
index a65eb1b..02952da 100644
--- a/fpi-framework-core/src/main/java/com/abavilla/fpi/fw/entity/enums/IBaseEnum.java
+++ b/fpi-framework-core/src/main/java/com/abavilla/fpi/fw/entity/enums/IBaseEnum.java
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@
 
 package com.abavilla.fpi.fw.entity.enums;
 
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.NotImplementedException;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * Base implementation of {@link Enum} types
@@ -26,4 +30,53 @@
 @RegisterForReflection
 public interface IBaseEnum {
 
+  /**
+   * Creates an enum based from given string value, returns the default enum value if value does not map
+   *
+   * @param value the string value
+   * @param enumMap id to enum mapping
+   * @param unknownVal default enum value
+   * @return the created enum
+   */
+  static IBaseEnum fromValue(String value, Map<Integer, IBaseEnum> enumMap, IBaseEnum unknownVal) {
+    if (StringUtils.isBlank(value)) {
+      return null;
+    } else {
+      return enumMap.values().stream().filter(enumItem ->
+          StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(value, enumItem.getValue())).findAny()
+        .orElse(unknownVal);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates an enum based from given an ordinal id, returns the default enum value if id does not map
+   *
+   * @param id the ordinal id
+   * @param enumMap id to enum mapping
+   * @param unknownVal default enum value
+   * @return the created enum
+   */
+  static IBaseEnum fromId(int id, Map<Integer, IBaseEnum> enumMap, IBaseEnum unknownVal) {
+    return enumMap.values().stream().filter(enumItem -> id == enumItem.getId()).findAny()
+      .orElse(unknownVal);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the value
+   *
+   * @return the value
+   */
+  default String getValue() {
+    throw new NotImplementedException();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the id
+   *
+   * @return the id
+   */
+  default int getId() {
+    throw new NotImplementedException();
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/fpi-framework-core/src/main/java/com/abavilla/fpi/fw/entity/enums/SampleEnum.java b/fpi-framework-core/src/main/java/com/abavilla/fpi/fw/entity/enums/SampleEnum.java
index 2b3dce4..25100af 100644
--- a/fpi-framework-core/src/main/java/com/abavilla/fpi/fw/entity/enums/SampleEnum.java
+++ b/fpi-framework-core/src/main/java/com/abavilla/fpi/fw/entity/enums/SampleEnum.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Getter;
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * Template base {@link Enum} for creating enums from, since {@link Enum} do not
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ public enum SampleEnum implements IBaseEnum {
   /**
    * Ordinal id to enum mapping
    */
-  private static final Map<Integer, SampleEnum> ENUM_MAP = new HashMap<>();
+  private static final Map<Integer, IBaseEnum> ENUM_MAP = new HashMap<>();
 
   static {
     for(SampleEnum w : EnumSet.allOf(SampleEnum.class))
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ public enum SampleEnum implements IBaseEnum {
   /**
    * The enum value
    */
-  private String value;
+  private final String value;
 
   /**
    * Creates an enum based from given string value
@@ -72,21 +71,8 @@ public enum SampleEnum implements IBaseEnum {
    * @return the created enum
    */
   @JsonCreator
-  public static SampleEnum fromValue(String value) {
-    if (StringUtils.isBlank(value)) {
-      return null;
-    } else {
-      return ENUM_MAP.values().stream().filter(enumItem -> StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(value, enumItem.getValue())).findAny()
-          .orElseGet(() -> {
-            var unknown = UNKNOWN;
-            String enumValue = value;
-            if (StringUtils.startsWithIgnoreCase(enumValue, UNKNOWN_PREFIX)) {
-              enumValue = StringUtils.removeStart(enumValue, UNKNOWN_PREFIX);
-            }
-            unknown.value = UNKNOWN_PREFIX + enumValue;
-            return unknown;
-          });
-    }
+  public static IBaseEnum fromValue(String value) {
+    return IBaseEnum.fromValue(value, ENUM_MAP, UNKNOWN);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -95,13 +81,8 @@ public static SampleEnum fromValue(String value) {
    * @param id the ordinal id
    * @return the created enum
    */
-  public static SampleEnum fromId(int id) {
-    return ENUM_MAP.values().stream().filter(enumItem -> id == enumItem.getId()).findAny()
-        .orElseGet(() -> {
-          var unknown = UNKNOWN;
-          unknown.value = UNKNOWN_PREFIX + id;
-          return unknown;
-        });
+  public static IBaseEnum fromId(int id) {
+    return IBaseEnum.fromId(id, ENUM_MAP, UNKNOWN);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/fpi-framework-core/src/main/java/com/abavilla/fpi/fw/util/FWConst.java b/fpi-framework-core/src/main/java/com/abavilla/fpi/fw/util/FWConst.java
index 5373ce5..5b453e7 100644
--- a/fpi-framework-core/src/main/java/com/abavilla/fpi/fw/util/FWConst.java
+++ b/fpi-framework-core/src/main/java/com/abavilla/fpi/fw/util/FWConst.java
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ public final class FWConst {
   /**
    * Prefix for Unknown enum values
    */
-  public static final String UNKNOWN_PREFIX = "UNK >> ";
+  public static final String UNKNOWN_PREFIX = "Unknown";
 
 }
diff --git a/lombok.config b/lombok.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f7e8aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lombok.config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+lombok.addLombokGeneratedAnnotation = true
\ No newline at end of file