I found getting the special blend of generics a little tricky, but this works.
public static <T extends Enum<?>> T searchEnum(Class<T> enumeration,
String search) {
for (T each : enumeration.getEnumConstants()) {
if (each.name().compareToIgnoreCase(search) == 0) {
return each;
}
}
return null;
}
Example
public enum Horse {
THREE_LEG_JOE, GLUE_FACTORY
};
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(searchEnum(Horse.class, "Three_Leg_Joe"));
System.out.println(searchEnum(Day.class, "ThUrSdAy"));
}