how to get a picklist values in apex controller?

Apex:

public class PicklistController{

    public Lead lead{get;set;}

    public List<SelectOption> statusOptions {get;set;}

   

    // Constructor called when page is accessed.

    public PicklistController() {   

        lead = new Lead();       

        statusOptions = new List<SelectOption>();

        // Use DescribeFieldResult object to retrieve status field.

        Schema.DescribeFieldResult statusFieldDescription =  Lead. Status.getDescribe();

        // For each picklist value, create a new select option

        for (Schema.Picklistentry  picklistEntry: statusFieldDescription.getPicklistValues())

{

            statusOptions.add(new SelectOption( pickListEntry.getValue(),pickListEntry.getLabel()));

            // obtain and assign default value

         

        }    

    }

}

VF Page:

<apex:page controller="PicklistController">

    Please selectValue:

    <apex:form >

        <apex:selectList size="1" value="{!led.Status}">

            <apex:selectOptions value="{!statusOptions}"/>

        </apex:selectList>

    </apex:form>  

</apex:page>

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