convert your enum to List

In one of scenario i want to return Enum to List with to list datasource, for that here i have drafted method which converts enum type to Generic List

132 /// <summary>

133 /// Converts a enum to a list

134 /// </summary>

135 /// <typeparam name=”T”>string name of type of Enum</typeparam>

136 /// <returns>An enumerable list of Enum Type “T”</returns>

137 /// <remarks>

138 /// Usage:

139 /// var list = StringComparison.CurrentCulture.EnumToList();

140 /// </remarks>

141 public static IEnumerable<T> EnumToList<T>(this T enumName) where T : struct

142 {

143 Type enumType = enumName.GetType();

144 // Can’t use generic type constraints on value types,

145 // so have to do check like this

146 if (enumType.BaseType != typeof (Enum))

147 throw new ArgumentException(enumType + ” is not an Enum.”, “T”, null);

148 var enumValArray = Enum.GetValues(enumType);

149 var enumValList = new List<T>(enumValArray.Length);

150 foreach (int val in enumValArray)

151 {

152 enumValList.Add((T) Enum.Parse(enumType, val.ToString()));

153 }

154 return enumValList;

155 }

156 }

here how you can access it.

128 var list = StringComparison.CurrentCulture.EnumToList();

129 foreach (var enumValue in list)

130 {

131 …

132 }

Happy coding.