Class EnumEx

Class containing some extension methods for System.Enum.

Inheritance

System.Object

EnumEx

Inherited Members

System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.GetHashCode()

System.Object.GetType()

System.Object.MemberwiseClone()

System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.ToString()

Namespace:Extend

Assembly:Extend.dll

Syntax

public static class EnumEx

Methods

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GetStringValues<T>()

Gets the values of the specified enumeration as strings.

Declaration

public static IEnumerable<string> GetStringValues<T>()where T : struct

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<T><System.String>	All values of the specified enumeration as strings.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of the enumeration.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentException	T must be an enumerated type.

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GetValueAndStringValue<T>()

Gets a dictionary containing the string value for each value of the enumeration of the given type.

Declaration

public static IDictionary<T, string> GetValueAndStringValue<T>()where T : struct

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary<TKey, TValue><T, System.String>	Returns a key value pair for each value of the specified enumeration type.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of the enumeration.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentException	T must be an enumerated type.

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GetValues(Type)

Gets the values of the specified enumeration.

Declaration

public static IEnumerable GetValues(Type type)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	The type of the enumeration.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.IEnumerable	All values of the specified enumeration.

Remarks

How to cast returned values: values.Cast{Object}(); values.Select( x => Convert.ChangeType( x, type ) );

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentNullException	type can not be null.
System.ArgumentException	T must be an enumerated type.

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GetValues<T>()

Gets the values of the specified enumeration.

Declaration

public static IEnumerable<T> GetValues<T>()where T : struct

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<T><T>	All values of the specified enumeration.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of the enumeration.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentException	T must be an enumerated type.

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GetValuesExpect(Type, Object[])

Gets all values of the specified enumeration type, expect the specified values.

Declaration

public static IEnumerable GetValuesExpect(Type type, params object[] exceptions)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Type	type	The type of the enumeration.
System.Object[]	exceptions	The values to exclude from the result.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.IEnumerable	Returns all values of the specified enumeration type, expect the specified values.

Remarks

How to cast returned values: values.Cast{Object}(); values.Select( x => Convert.ChangeType( x, type ) );

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentException	T must be an enumerated type.

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GetValuesExpect<T>(T[])

Gets all values of the specified enumeration type, expect the specified values.

Declaration

public static IEnumerable<T> GetValuesExpect<T>(params T[] exceptions)where T : struct

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
T[]	exceptions	The values to exclude from the result.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<T><T>	Returns all values of the specified enumeration type, expect the specified values.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
T	The type of the enumeration.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
System.ArgumentException	T must be an enumerated type.