Java tutorial
import java.lang.reflect.Array; import java.util.Enumeration; final public class ArrayEnumerationFactory { static public Enumeration makeEnumeration(final Object obj) { Class type = obj.getClass(); if (!type.isArray()) { throw new IllegalArgumentException(obj.getClass().toString()); } else { return (new Enumeration() { int size = Array.getLength(obj); int cursor; public boolean hasMoreElements() { return (cursor < size); } public Object nextElement() { return Array.get(obj, cursor++); } }); } } public static void main(String args[]) { Enumeration e = makeEnumeration(args); while (e.hasMoreElements()) { System.out.println(e.nextElement()); } e = makeEnumeration(new int[] { 1, 3, 4, 5 }); while (e.hasMoreElements()) { System.out.println(e.nextElement()); } try { e = makeEnumeration(new Double(Math.PI)); } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) { System.err.println("Can't enumerate that: " + ex.getMessage()); } } }