I have an enum FileType
public static enum FileType {
CSV, XML, XLS, TXT, FIXED_LENGTH
}
FileType fileType = FileType.CSV;
Is there a better (cleaner) way to check fileType
for multiple values than the following (like "myString".matches("a|b|c");
)?
if(fileType == FileType.CSV || fileType == FileType.TXT || fileType == FileType.FIXED_LENGTH) {}
I ended up writing a method:
public static enum FileType {
CSV, XML, XLS, TXT, FIXED_LENGTH;
// Java < 8
public boolean in(FileType... fileTypes) {
for(FileType fileType : fileTypes) {
if(this == fileType) {
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
// Java 8
public boolean in(FileType... fileTypes) {
return Arrays.stream(fileTypes).anyMatch(fileType -> fileType == this);
}
}
And then:
if(fileType.in(FileType.CSV, FileType.TXT, FileType.FIXED_LENGTH)) {}
Nice and clean!