From 5786269ba0e69c21dd999039d8931fd1dd82f58e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: J2ObjC Team <j2objc-copybara@google.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 09:07:52 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add `nsEnum` property for forward-compatibility with KMP
 `kt_native_proto_library`.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 885054115
---
 .../src/google/protobuf/compiler/j2objc/j2objc_enum.cc      | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/protobuf/compiler/src/google/protobuf/compiler/j2objc/j2objc_enum.cc b/protobuf/compiler/src/google/protobuf/compiler/j2objc/j2objc_enum.cc
index d47e061dcb..e5fb2dc886 100644
--- a/protobuf/compiler/src/google/protobuf/compiler/j2objc/j2objc_enum.cc
+++ b/protobuf/compiler/src/google/protobuf/compiler/j2objc/j2objc_enum.cc
@@ -168,13 +168,15 @@ void EnumGenerator::GenerateHeader(io::Printer* printer) {
       "  $valueenumname$ value_;\n"
       "}\n"
       "\n"
+      "@property(nonatomic, readonly, getter=ordinal) $ordinalenumname$ nsEnum;\n"
       "+ (IOSObjectArray *)values;\n"
       "+ ($classname$ *)valueOfWithNSString:(NSString *)name;\n"
       "+ ($classname$ *)valueOfWithInt:($valuepreprocessorname$)value;\n"
       "+ ($classname$ *)forNumberWithInt:($valuepreprocessorname$)value;\n"
       "- ($valuepreprocessorname$)getNumber;\n",
-      "classname", ClassName(descriptor_), "valueenumname",
-      CValueEnumName(descriptor_), "valuepreprocessorname",
+      "classname", ClassName(descriptor_), 
+      "ordinalenumname", COrdinalEnumName(descriptor_),
+      "valueenumname", CValueEnumName(descriptor_), "valuepreprocessorname",
       CValuePreprocessorName(descriptor_));
 
   if (IsGenerateProperties(descriptor_->file())) {