Re: How to call a function with an enum like argument

Wojtek wrote:


You mean the entire set of values, I assume.


That is not the only way to pass all the values. One could also use

  doSomethingWith( SomeEnum.values() );

(Strictly speaking, the EnumSet version doesn't need to specify the
'<SomeEnum>' as type inference will take care of that.)

<sscce>
package eegee;

import java.util.EnumSet;

enum Foo { FOO, BAR, BAZ; }

/** Fooeynum. */
public class Fooeynum
{
    Foo foo = Foo.BAR;

    void doSomethingWith( Foo [] vals )
    {
        System.out.println( "using values" );
        for ( Foo val : vals )
        {
            System.out.println( val.toString() );
        }
    }

    void doSomethingWith( EnumSet<?> vals )
    {
        System.out.println( "using EnumSet" );
        for ( Object val : vals )
        {
            System.out.println( val.toString() );
        }
    }

    /** Main method.
     * @param args <code>String []</code> command line arguments.
     */
    public static void main( String [] args )
    {
        Fooeynum fooey = new Fooeynum();
        System.out.println();
        fooey.doSomethingWith( Foo.values() );

        System.out.println();
        fooey.doSomethingWith( EnumSet.allOf( Foo.class ));
    }
}
</sscce>
Output:

using values
FOO
BAR
BAZ

using EnumSet
FOO
BAR
BAZ

--
Lew