Canonical way to test if value is among values in Java

Python:

if a in (b, c, d):
   ...

JavaScript:

if ([b, c, d].contains(a)) {
    ...
}

What is the canonical syntax for doing this in Java ?

The goals are:

• Test if a given value is equal to any among a set of other values
• The set of values should be forgotten as soon as the if’s condition is done being evaluated – so, everything should be contained in the if’s parentheses
• Execution should be cheap
• The variable to test (here, a) should not be repeated

EDIT : ideally a solution compatible with Java 8 gains bonus points

EDIT2 : the question marked as a duplicate does not try to satisfy the second goal listed above, and it’s accepted answer does not satisfy it either (since it declares a constant).

>Solution :

Something like this would work in Java 8

I used string for simplicity but any type that implements a comparison operator would work

if(Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c").contains("a")) {
   //Code
}

This would be a linear search in O(n) time which is also what you have in the examples you gave