/// <summary>
/// Generates a list from the enum values.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="enumtype">The enum type.</param>
/// <returns>A list with the enum values.</returns>
public static List <string> GetEnumAsList(Type enumtype)
{
List <string> listBuilder = new List <string>();
if (FWReflectionHelper.IsNullable(enumtype))
{
listBuilder.Add(string.Empty);
enumtype = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(enumtype);
}
foreach (var item in Enum.GetValues(enumtype))
{
if (!HasAttribute <FWIgnoreAttribute>(item as Enum))
{
listBuilder.Add(((int)item).ToString());
}
}
return(listBuilder);
}
/// <summary>
/// Generates a dictionary from an enum where the key is the enum string name and the value is the enum int value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="enumtype">The enum type.</param>
/// <returns>The dictionary generated from the enum.</returns>
public static Dictionary <string, string> GetEnumAsDictonary(Type enumtype)
{
if (!FWReflectionHelper.IsEnum(enumtype))
{
throw new FWArgumentException("enumtype");
}
Dictionary <string, string> dictonaryBuilder = new Dictionary <string, string>();
//Gets the true type, whether is nullable or not.
enumtype = FWReflectionHelper.GetUnderlyingType(enumtype);
foreach (var item in Enum.GetValues(enumtype))
{
if (!HasAttribute <FWIgnoreAttribute>(item as Enum))
{
dictonaryBuilder.Add(((int)item).ToString(), item.ToString());
}
}
return(dictonaryBuilder);
}
