enumConstantCache = new WeakHashMap<>();

  private static <T extends Enum<T>> Map<String, WeakReference<? extends Enum<?>>> populateCache(
      Class<T> enumClass) {
    Map<String, WeakReference<? extends Enum<?>>> result = new HashMap<>();
    for (T enumInstance : EnumSet.allOf(enumClass)) {
      result.put(enumInstance.name(), new WeakReference<Enum<?>>(enumInstance));

      enumConstantCache = new WeakHashMap<>();

  private static <T extends Enum<T>> Map<String, WeakReference<? extends Enum<?>>> populateCache(
      Class<T> enumClass) {
    Map<String, WeakReference<? extends Enum<?>>> result = new HashMap<>();
    for (T enumInstance : EnumSet.allOf(enumClass)) {
      result.put(enumInstance.name(), new WeakReference<Enum<?>>(enumInstance));

          .that(returnType.getComponentType())
          .isEqualTo(annotationClass.getDeclaringClass());
    }
  }

  // This is public so that tests for Feature enums we haven't yet imagined
  // can reuse it.
  public static <E extends Enum<?> & Feature<?>> void assertGoodFeatureEnum(
      Class<E> featureEnumClass) {
    Class<?>[] classes = featureEnumClass.getDeclaredClasses();
    for (Class<?> containedClass : classes) {

    public Chars() {
      // elements aren't sorted, to better test SortedSet iteration ordering
      super('b', 'a', 'c', 'd', 'e');
    }
  }

  public static class Enums extends SampleElements<AnEnum> {
    public Enums() {
      // elements aren't sorted, to better test SortedSet iteration ordering
      super(AnEnum.B, AnEnum.A, AnEnum.C, AnEnum.D, AnEnum.E);
    }
  }

          .that(returnType.getComponentType())
          .isEqualTo(annotationClass.getDeclaringClass());
    }
  }

  // This is public so that tests for Feature enums we haven't yet imagined
  // can reuse it.
  public static <E extends Enum<?> & Feature<?>> void assertGoodFeatureEnum(
      Class<E> featureEnumClass) {
    Class<?>[] classes = featureEnumClass.getDeclaredClasses();
    for (Class<?> containedClass : classes) {

    public Chars() {
      // elements aren't sorted, to better test SortedSet iteration ordering
      super('b', 'a', 'c', 'd', 'e');
    }
  }

  public static class Enums extends SampleElements<AnEnum> {
    public Enums() {
      // elements aren't sorted, to better test SortedSet iteration ordering
      super(AnEnum.B, AnEnum.A, AnEnum.C, AnEnum.D, AnEnum.E);
    }
  }

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### Tags with Enums { #tags-with-enums }

If you have a big application, you might end up accumulating **several tags**, and you would want to make sure you always use the **same tag** for related *path operations*.

In these cases, it could make sense to store the tags in an `Enum`.

**FastAPI** supports that the same way as with plain strings:

    assertThat(Enums.getIfPresent(TestEnum.class, "POODLE")).hasValue(TestEnum.POODLE);

    assertThat(Enums.getIfPresent(TestEnum.class, "CHEETO")).isPresent();
    assertThat(Enums.getIfPresent(TestEnum.class, "HONDA")).isPresent();
    assertThat(Enums.getIfPresent(TestEnum.class, "POODLE")).isPresent();

    assertThat(Enums.getIfPresent(TestEnum.class, "CHEETO")).hasValue(TestEnum.CHEETO);

    assertThat(Enums.getIfPresent(TestEnum.class, "POODLE")).hasValue(TestEnum.POODLE);

    assertThat(Enums.getIfPresent(TestEnum.class, "CHEETO")).isPresent();
    assertThat(Enums.getIfPresent(TestEnum.class, "HONDA")).isPresent();
    assertThat(Enums.getIfPresent(TestEnum.class, "POODLE")).isPresent();

    assertThat(Enums.getIfPresent(TestEnum.class, "CHEETO")).hasValue(TestEnum.CHEETO);

     * @throws IllegalAccessRuntimeException if the number of actual and formal parameters differ, if primitive arguments cannot be converted, or if the class is related to enums
     * @see Constructor#newInstance(Object[])
     */
    public static <T> T newInstance(final Constructor<T> constructor, final Object... args)
            throws InstantiationRuntimeException, IllegalAccessRuntimeException {