Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* Copyright (C) 2010 Haowen Ning This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ import java.util.EnumSet; import com.google.common.base.Strings; public class Main { public static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumSet<E> getEnumSetFromString(Class<E> enumType, String enumString) { EnumSet<E> es = EnumSet.noneOf(enumType); if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(enumString)) { String[] split = enumString.split(","); for (String s : split) { es.add(Enum.valueOf(enumType, s)); } } return es; } }