public static void main(String[] args) { Collection<Suit> suits = Arrays.asList(Suit.values()); Collection<Rank> ranks = Arrays.asList(Rank.values()); List<Card> deck = new ArrayList<Card>(); for (Iterator<Suit> i = suits.iterator(); i.hasNext(); ) for (Iterator<Rank> j = ranks.iterator(); j.hasNext(); ) deck.add(new Card(i.next(), j.next())); // Preferred idiom for nested iteration on collections and arrays // for (Suit suit : suits) // for (Rank rank : ranks) // deck.add(new Card(suit, rank)); }