Java: Check if enum contains a given string?

Question

Here\'s my problem - I\'m looking for (if it even exists) the enum equivalent of ArrayList.contains();.

Here\'s a sample of my code problem:

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Answer 1

You can use this

YourEnum {A1, A2, B1, B2}

boolean contains(String str){ 
    return Sets.newHashSet(YourEnum.values()).contains(str);
}                                  

Update suggested by @wightwulf1944 is incorporated to make the solution more efficient.