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

enum are pretty powerful in Java. You could easily add a contains method to your enum (as you would add a method to a class):

enum choices {
  a1, a2, b1, b2;

  public boolean contains(String s)
  {
      if (s.equals("a1") || s.equals("a2") || s.equals("b1") || s.equals("b2")) 
         return true;
      return false;
  } 

};