Getting all names in an enum as a String[]

Question

What\'s the easiest and/or shortest way possible to get the names of enum elements as an array of Strings?

What I mean by this is that if, for example,

Answer 1

I did a bit test on @Bohemian's solution. The performance is better when using naive loop instead.

public static <T extends Enum<?>> String[] getEnumNames(Class<T> inEnumClass){
    T [] values = inEnumClass.getEnumConstants();
    int len = values.length;
    String[] names = new String[len];
    for(int i=0;i<values.length;i++){
        names[i] = values[i].name();
    }
    return names;
}

//Bohemian's solution
public static String[] getNames(Class<? extends Enum<?>> e) {
    return Arrays.stream(e.getEnumConstants()).map(Enum::name).toArray(String[]::new);
}

Answer 2

I would write it like this

public static String[] names() {

    java.util.LinkedList<String> list = new LinkedList<String>();
    for (State s : State.values()) {
        list.add(s.name());
    }

    return list.toArray(new String[list.size()]);
}

Answer 3

Another way to do it in Java 7 or earlier would be to use Guava:

public static String[] names() {
    return FluentIterable.from(values()).transform(Enum::name).toArray(String.class);
}