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How to loop an enum in Java

Call the .values() method of the enum class to return an array, and loop it with the for loop:


	for (EnumClass obj : EnumClass.values()) {
		System.out.println(obj);
    }

For Java 8, convert an enum into a stream and loop it:


	Stream.of(EnumClass.values()).forEach(System.out::println);

1. For Loop Enum

1.1 An enum to contain a list of the popular JVM languages:

Programming.java

package com.mkyong;

public enum Programming {
    CLOJURE,
    GROOVY,
    JAVA,
    KOTLIN,
    SCALA
}

1.2 To loop over the above enum class, just call .values() and do a normal for loop

Main.java

package com.mkyong;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        for (Programming obj : Programming.values()) {
            System.out.println(obj);
        }
    }
	
}

Output


CLOJURE
GROOVY
JAVA
KOTLIN
SCALA

2. Java 8 Stream APIs

2.1 Convert an enum into a stream and filter out the SCALA

Main.java

package com.mkyong;

import java.util.stream.Stream;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Stream.of(Programming.values())
                .filter(x -> !x.toString().equals("SCALA"))
                .forEach(System.out::println);

    }
}

Output


CLOJURE
GROOVY
JAVA
KOTLIN

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