Get Enum Instance from Class

January 3, 2024 by Tarik

 public static <T extends Enum<T>> T getInstance(final String value, final Class<T> enumClass) {
     return Enum.valueOf(enumClass, value);
 }

And the method is to be used as:

final Shape shape = getInstance("CAT", Shape.class);

Then again, you can always use

final Shape shape = Shape.valueOf("CAT");

which is a shortcut for

Enum.valueOf(Shape.class, "CAT");