public static ColumnData.ColumnDataInfo[] ToColumnDataInfo <T>(Boolean sortByName)
{
Type enumType = typeof(T);
if (!enumType.IsEnum)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("This type is not an enumeration");
}
String[] enumNames = Enum.GetNames(enumType);
if (sortByName)
{
Array.Sort(enumNames);
}
List <ColumnData.ColumnDataInfo> listColumnDataInfo = new List <ColumnData.ColumnDataInfo>();
Enum enumValue;
ColumnData.ColumnDataInfo columnDataInfo;
foreach (String enumName in enumNames)
{
enumValue = (Enum)Enum.Parse(enumType, enumName);
{
columnDataInfo = new ColumnData.ColumnDataInfo();
columnDataInfo.DataType = ColumnData.GetDataType(enumValue);
columnDataInfo.TypeIsString = ColumnData.IsDataTypeString(enumValue);
columnDataInfo.Name = ColumnData.GetName(enumValue);
listColumnDataInfo.Add(columnDataInfo);
}
}
return(listColumnDataInfo.ToArray());
}
