How to get all enum values in Java?

Question

Object[] possibleValues = enumValue.getDeclaringClass().getEnumConstants();

YourEnumClass[] yourEnums = YourEnumClass.class.getEnumConstants();

Or

YourEnumClass[] yourEnums = YourEnumClass.values();

values method of enum

enum.values() method which returns all enum instances.

  public class EnumTest {
        private enum Currency {
        PENNY("1 rs"), NICKLE("5 rs"), DIME("10 rs"), QUARTER("25 rs");
        private String value;
        private Currency(String brand) {
              this.value = brand;
        }

        @Override
        public String toString() {
              return value;
        }
  }

  public static void main(String args[]) {

        Currency[] currencies = Currency.values();

        // enum name using name method
        // enum to String using toString() method
        for (Currency currency : currencies) {
              System.out.printf("[ Currency : %s,
                         Value : %s ]%n",currency.name(),currency);
        }
  }
}

http://javaexplorer03.blogspot.in/2015/10/name-and-values-method-of-enum.html

Enums are just like Classes in that they are typed. Your current code just checks if it is an Enum without specifying what type of Enum it is a part of.

Because you haven't specified the type of the enum, you will have to use reflection to find out what the list of enum values is.

You can do it like so:

enumValue.getDeclaringClass().getEnumConstants() 

This will return an array of Enum objects, with each being one of the available options.

... or MyEnum.values() ? Or am I missing something?

Here, Role is an enum which contains the following values [ADMIN, USER, OTHER].

List<Role> roleList = Arrays.asList(Role.values());
roleList.forEach(role -> {
    System.out.println(role);
    });