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Get Values from Enum

Demo Code


using System.Reflection;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System;/*from w ww  . java2  s  .c om*/

public class Main{
        public static object[] GetValues(Type enumType)
        {
            if (!enumType.IsEnum)
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("Type '" + enumType.Name + "' is not an enum");
            }

            List<object> values = new List<object>();

            var fields = from field in enumType.GetFields()
                         where field.IsLiteral
                         select field;

            foreach (FieldInfo field in fields)
            {
                object value = field.GetValue(enumType);
                values.Add(value);
            }

            return values.ToArray();
        }
        public static T[] GetValues<T>()
        {
            Type enumType = typeof(T);

            if (!enumType.IsEnum)
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("Type '" + enumType.Name + "' is not an enum");
            }

            List<T> values = new List<T>();

            var fields = from field in enumType.GetFields()
                         where field.IsLiteral
                         select field;

            foreach (FieldInfo field in fields)
            {
                object value = field.GetValue(enumType);
                values.Add((T)value);
            }

            return values.ToArray();
        }
}

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