Iterate enum values using java generics

Question

I\'m trying to find a way to iterate through an enum\'s values while using generics. Not sure how to do this or if it is possible.

The following code illustrates

Answer 1

Here below an example of a wrapper class around an Enum. Is a little bit weird bu is what i need :

public class W2UIEnum<T extends Enum<T> & Resumable> {

public String id;
public String caption;

public W2UIEnum(ApplicationContext appContext, T t) {
    this.id = t.getResume();
    this.caption = I18N.singleInstance.getI18nString(t.name(), "enum_"
            + t.getClass().getSimpleName().substring(0, 1).toLowerCase()
            + t.getClass().getSimpleName().substring(1,
                    t.getClass().getSimpleName().length()), appContext
            .getLocale());
}

public static <T extends Enum<T> & Resumable> List<W2UIEnum<T>> values(
        ApplicationContext appContext, Class<T> enumType) {
    List<W2UIEnum<T>> statusList = new ArrayList<W2UIEnum<T>>();
    for (T status : enumType.getEnumConstants()) {
        statusList.add(new W2UIEnum(appContext, status));
    }
    return statusList;
}

}

Answer 2

I did it like this

    protected List<String> enumToList(Class<? extends Enum<?>> e) {
            Enum<?>[] enums = e.getEnumConstants();
            return Arrays.asList(enums).stream()
                   .map(name -> name.toString())
                   .collect(Collectors.toList());
        }

Answer 3

Another option is to use EnumSet:

class PrintEnumConsants {

    static <E extends Enum <E>> void foo(Class<E> elemType) {
        for (E e : java.util.EnumSet.allOf(elemType)) {
            System.out.println(e);
        }
    }

    enum Color{RED,YELLOW,BLUE};
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        foo(Color.class);
    } 

}

Answer 4

To get the value of the generic enumeration:

  protected Set<String> enum2set(Class<? extends Enum<?>> e) {
    Enum<?>[] enums = e.getEnumConstants();
    String[] names = new String[enums.length];
    for (int i = 0; i < enums.length; i++) {
      names[i] = enums[i].toString();
    }
    return new HashSet<String>(Arrays.asList(names));
  }

Note in the above method the call to the toString() method.

And then define the enumeration with such a toString() method.

public enum MyNameEnum {

  MR("John"), MRS("Anna");

  private String name;

  private MyNameEnum(String name) {
    this.name = name;
  }

  public String toString() {
    return this.name;
  }

}