Iterate through enum in Silverlight 4

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Iterating through an enumeration in Silverlight?

Is there a way to iterate through all values in an Enum in Silverlight with C#?

I know WPF allows you to use the System.Enum.GetType(Type) method, but this is not available in Silverlight.

Thanks, Seth

@Ani - You're right, I missed that question. – Britt Wescott Feb 15 '11 at 21:44 — Britt Wescott, Feb 15 '11 at 21:44

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 15 '11 at 21:53

    public static IEnumerable<T> GetEnumValues<T>()
    {
        return typeof(T)
            .GetFields()
            .Where(x => x.IsLiteral)
            .Select(field => (T)field.GetValue(null));
    }

usage

        foreach (var bindingFlag in GetEnumValues<BindingFlags>())
        {
            Debug.WriteLine(bindingFlag);
        }

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 15 '11 at 21:42

Try this:

    public static List<T> GetList<T>(Type enumType)
    {
        List<T> output = 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);
            output.Add((T) value);
        }

        return output;

    }

Call it like this:

List<MyEnum> myList = GetList<MyEnum>(typeof(MyEnum))

Iterate through enum in Silverlight 4

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