java - How to get Enum when it's string representation and type are known at Runtime? -

suppose have enum as:

com.mypackage.enums  public enum days {      monday,     tuesday,     wednesday } 

now somewhere know need enum monday runtime string provided "monday". know enum lies in com.mypackage.enums.days

how can this? or without reflection?

edit: both string "monday" , class com.mypackage.enum.days determined @ runtime. class provided object of class , not string.

an alternative @jonskeet solution not involve raw types (only unchecked cast):

static <t extends enum<t>> enum<t> getvalue(string classname, string name)         throws classnotfoundexception {     @suppresswarnings("unchecked")     class<t> clazz = (class<t>) class.forname(classname);     return enum.valueof(clazz, name); }  public static void main(string[] args) throws exception {     string classname = "day";     string name = "saturday";     // note use of raw type            system.out.println("parsed: " + getvalue(classname, name)); } 

of course if have class object, can use

enum.valueof(classobj, name);