Java Iterating Over Enum values

In this tutorial, I am showing about enums iteration using different ways like forEach, stream and for loop.

An Java enum is a special data type which helps you to assign set of predefined constants to a variable

Iterate With forEach()

// iterate using forEach
	EnumSet.allOf(DaysOfWeek.class)
	  .forEach(day -> System.out.println(day));

Iterate With Stream

If you are using java 8 you can use streams for enum iteration

// iterate using stream
	Stream.of(DaysOfWeek.values()).forEach(System.out::println);

Iterate With for loop

You can use java for loop, if you are using old version of java

// iterate using for
	for (DaysOfWeek day : DaysOfWeek.values()) { 
	    System.out.println(day); 
	}

You can find the complete example of iterating enums below with all the above described ways.

package com.javatips;

import java.util.EnumSet;
import java.util.stream.Stream;

public class EnumsIteration {

    public enum DaysOfWeek {
	SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEBNESDAY, THRUSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
	// iterate using forEach
	EnumSet.allOf(DaysOfWeek.class)
	  .forEach(day -> System.out.println(day));

	// iterate using stream
	Stream.of(DaysOfWeek.values()).forEach(System.out::println);
	
	// iterate using for
	for (DaysOfWeek day : DaysOfWeek.values()) { 
	    System.out.println(day); 
	}

	
    }

}

Output

SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEBNESDAY
THRUSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEBNESDAY
THRUSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEBNESDAY
THRUSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY