Block - ideal tool?

Is there a way to get a block's ideal mining tool?

currently, I have it as this:

Code:

if(block.getType() == Material.DIRT || block.getType() == Material.SAND || block.getType() == Material.GRAVEL ||
                                   block.getType() == Material.GRASS || block.getType() == Material.GRASS_PATH || block.getType() == Material.CLAY ||
                                   block.getType() == Material.SNOW || block.getType() == Material.SNOW_BLOCK || block.getType() == Material.MYCEL) {
                                  
                                    System.out.println("shovel");

what I'd prefer, is:

if (block.getIdealTool()) == "Shovel"
or something like that.

is this possible? or must I go through every single block as Im doing above?

Thanks

 

so this is the only way to get the ideal tool for the job? @timtower
do you think theyll ever make that an attribute of Block?
and alright, thanks

 

Also, say I wanted to use a for loop instead and store all the Material types in a list.
how would I do that?

and where would I initialize the list of Materials? @timtower