Java Enums: List enumerated values from a Class<? extends Enum>

Question

I\'ve got the class object for an enum (I have a Class) and I need to get a list of the enumerated values represented by this enum. The

Answer 1

using reflection is simple as calling Class#getEnumConstants():

List> enum2list(Class> cls) {
   return Arrays.asList(cls.getEnumConstants());
}