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

What you have is basically List of enum. Not individual items inside that enum.

To get list of enum values you can do

string[] str = Enum.GetNames(typeof(USERTYPE));

To use in get/set return string[] instead of List<>

public string[] UserType
{
    get 
    {
        return Enum.GetNames(typeof(USERTYPE));
    }
}

I think set will not work here because you cannot add values in enum at runtime.