/// <summary>
/// Creates an array of list item according to the enum values.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>an array of list item.</returns>
public static EnumListItem <T>[] GetListItems()
{
Type enumType = typeof(T);
if (!enumType.IsEnum)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Not an enum type: " + enumType.Name, "T");
}
List <EnumListItem <T> > enumValues = new List <EnumListItem <T> >();
StringResources stringResource = null;
foreach (FieldInfo field in enumType.GetFields(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static))
{
T val = (T)field.GetValue(null);
string desc = null;
string descId = GetDescriptionID(field);
if (descId != null)
{
// find localized text
if (stringResource != null)
{
desc = stringResource.GetString(descId);
}
else
{
string textFound;
StringResources res = FindStringResource(enumType, descId, out textFound);
if (res != null)
{
stringResource = res;
desc = textFound;
}
}
}
if (desc == null)
{
// fallback
desc = field.Name;
}
enumValues.Add(new EnumListItem <T>(val, desc));
}
return(enumValues.ToArray());
}
private string LoadString(string id)
{
string t = _strResource.GetString(id);
return(t == null? id : t);
}