How do I determine whether an array contains a particular value in Java?

Question

I have a String[] with values like so:

public static final String[] VALUES = new String[] {\"AB\",\"BC\",\"CD\",\"AE\"};

Given

Answer 1

Instead of using the quick array initialisation syntax too, you could just initialise it as a List straight away in a similar manner using the Arrays.asList method, e.g.:

public static final List STRINGS = Arrays.asList("firstString", "secondString" ...., "lastString");

Then you can do (like above):

STRINGS.contains("the string you want to find");