Get the enumeration value as a string list in Java 8

Is there a Java 8 method or a simple method that returns the enumeration value as a string list, such as:

List<String> sEnum = getEnumValuesAsString();

Solution

You can do (before Java 8):

List<Enum> enumValues = Arrays.asList(Enum.values());

or

List<Enum> enumValues = new ArrayList<Enum>(EnumSet.allOf(Enum.class));

Using java 8 functionality, you can map each constant to its name:

List<String> enumNames = Stream.of(Enum.values())
                               .map(Enum::name)
                               .collect(Collectors.toList());