Java8 FunctionalInterface

Question

public static <E extends Enum<E>> boolean validateEnum(Class<E> clazz, String s) {
    return EnumSet.allOf(clazz).stream().anyMatch(e -> e.name().equals(s));
}

Following is an example invocation of the above method

boolean isValid = validateEnum(Animal.class, "DOG");
boolean isValid = validateEnum(Color.class, "Red");

Can this same functionality be implemented using a Java 8 FunctionalInterface. I have tried creating a BiPredicate but am getting compiler errors when I try this.

final BiPredicate<String,Class> biPre = (string1, clazz) -> EnumSet.allOf(clazz).stream().anyMatch(e -> e.name().equals(s));

Answer 1

Here's a one way of doing it,

final BiPredicate<String, ? super Enum<?>> biPre = (string1, enumType) -> EnumSet
        .allOf(enumType.getDeclaringClass()).stream().anyMatch(e -> e.name().equals(string1));

And here's the client code,

boolean test = biPre.test("DOG", Animal.CAT);

However passing an enum constant instead of a class literal seems a bit awkward here.

If you really need to use the type token here's what you should do,

final BiPredicate<String, Class<? extends Enum<?>>> biPre = (string1, clazz) -> Arrays
    .stream(clazz.getEnumConstants()).anyMatch(e -> e.name().equals(string1));

The client now looks like this,

boolean test = biPre.test("DOG", Animal.class);