Converting an Enum type to IList

Question

Hi
How can I convert an enum to IList?
Suppose you want to read all elements in FormWindowState enum, and return an IList<FormWindowState> containing Normal, Minimized and Maximized

Answer 1

Use Enum.GetValues(). For example:

var list = (IList<FormWindowState>) Enum.GetValues(typeof(FormWindowState));

It actually returns a FormWindowState[] but that implements IList<T> appropriately anyway.

If you're doing a lot of work with enums and you want a more type-safe approach, you may want to look at my Unconstrained Melody project too.