Java Utililty Methods Reflection Enum

List of utility methods to do Reflection Enum

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Description

The list of methods to do Reflection Enum are organized into topic(s).

Method

ListgetEnumConstants(Class c)
Returns all Enum Constants in an Enum 
return Arrays.asList(c.getEnumConstants());
String[]getEnumNames(Class> e)
get Enum Names 
return Arrays.toString(e.getEnumConstants()).replaceAll("\\[|]", "").split(", ");
ListgetEnumValues(Class type)
It will parse the given Class as Enum , returns the list of values of given Enum 
if (isEnum(type)) {
    Class<Enum> enumClass = (Class<Enum>) type;
    List<String> values = new ArrayList<>(enumClass.getEnumConstants().length);
    for (Enum anEnum : enumClass.getEnumConstants()) {
        values.add(anEnum.name());
    return values;
} else {
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MapgetOptionsFromEnum(Class> enumClass)
Get the label and value for select options of forms from the given enum class. 
Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
Enum<?>[] enumConstants = enumClass.getEnumConstants();
for (Enum<?> enumConstant : enumConstants) {
    map.put(enumConstant.toString(), getLabel(enumConstant.toString()));
return map;
booleanisLegalEnum(Class clazz, Object enuValue)
is Legal Enum 
boolean result = false;
if (null == clazz || null == enuValue) {
    return result;
if (clazz.isEnum()) {
    Enum[] enums = (Enum[]) clazz.getEnumConstants();
    if (!isEmpty(enums)) {
        if (enuValue instanceof Enum) {
...
TypetoEnum(Class e, String s)
to Enum 
try {
    return Type.valueOf(e, s);
} catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
    return null;
} catch (NullPointerException ex) {
    return null;
String[]toStrings(Class clenum)
to Strings 
synchronized (strings) {
    String[] result = strings.get(clenum);
    if (result == null) {
        try {
            Enum<?>[] values = (Enum<?>[]) clenum.getMethod("values").invoke(null);
            result = new String[values.length];
            for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
                result[i] = values[i].toString();
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