Java Utility Library

Java Collections - enumeration() Method

The java.util.Collections.enumeration() method returns an enumeration over the specified collection.

Syntax

public static <T> Enumeration<T> enumeration(Collection<T> c)

Here, T is the type of element in the list.

Parameters

`c`	Specify the collection for which an enumeration is to be returned.

Return Value

Returns an enumeration over the specified collection.

Exception

NA.

Example:

In the example below, the java.util.Collections.enumeration() method returns an enumeration over the given collection.

import java.util.*;

public class MyClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    //creating a list object
    List<String> MyList = new ArrayList<String>();

    //populating MyList
    MyList.add("Alpha");
    MyList.add("Coding");
    MyList.add("Skills");

    //creating enumeration over the list
    Enumeration e = Collections.enumeration(MyList);

    //printing the enumeration
    System.out.println("Enumeration contains: "); 
    while(e.hasMoreElements()) 
      System.out.println(e.nextElement());
  }
}

The output of the above code will be:

Enumeration contains: 
Alpha
Coding
Skills

❮ Java.util - Collections