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

With guava it's even simpler:

boolean isPartOfMyEnum(String myString){

return Lists.newArrayList(MyEnum.values().toString()).contains(myString);

}