Enum values in a list

Question

I\'ve a enum class like,

public enum USERTYPE
{
   Permanant=1,
   Temporary=2,
}

in my business object I just declare this enum as

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Answer 1

You can use this to get all individual enum values:

private List userTypes = Enum.GetValues(typeof(USERTYPE)).Cast().ToList();

If you do things like this more often, you could create a generic utility method for it:

public static T[] GetEnumValues() where T : struct {
    if (!typeof(T).IsEnum) {
        throw new ArgumentException("GetValues can only be called for types derived from System.Enum", "T");
    }
    return (T[])Enum.GetValues(typeof(T));
}