I have to validate a CSV file with a bunch of columns. Some of them need to map to various enum types. I know how to validate string value against a specific enum type, but I would like to have a generic validation method where I would pass in string value and enum type and get validation result. So far I have this:

private boolean valitateSomeSpecificEnum(String value) {
    try {
        SomeSpecificEnum.valueOf(value);
        return true;
    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
        return false;
    }
}

Is it possible to have something like:

private boolean valitateAgainstTheEnum(String value, Enum<?> theEnum) {
    try {
        theEnum.valueOf(value);
        return true;
    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
        return false;
    }
}

and then call it like so

valitateTheEnum("foo", SomeSpecificEnum.class);

is this even possible?