Java: instantiating an enum using reflection

Question

Suppose you have a text file like:

my_setting = ON
some_method = METHOD_A
verbosity = DEBUG
...

That you wish to to update a corresponding

Answer 1

The accepted answer results in warnings because it uses the raw type Enum instead of Enum>.

To get around this you need to use a generic method like this:

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
private > T createEnumInstance(String name, Type type) {
  return Enum.valueOf((Class) type, name);
}

Call it like this:

Enum enum = createEnumInstance(name, field.getType());
field.set(this, enum);