public static class EnumExtensions
{
/// <summary>
/// Gets all items for an enum value.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="value">The value.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static IEnumerable<T> GetAllItems<T>(this Enum value)
{
foreach (object item in Enum.GetValues(typeof(T)))
{
yield return (T)item;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets all items for an enum type.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="value">The value.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static IEnumerable<T> GetAllItems<T>() where T : struct
{
foreach (object item in Enum.GetValues(typeof(T)))
{
yield return (T)item;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets all combined items from an enum value.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="value">The value.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
/// <example>
/// Displays ValueA and ValueB.
/// <code>
/// EnumExample dummy = EnumExample.Combi;
/// foreach (var item in dummy.GetAllSelectedItems<EnumExample>())
/// {
/// Console.WriteLine(item);
/// }
/// </code>
/// </example>
public static IEnumerable<T> GetAllSelectedItems<T>(this Enum value)
{
int valueAsInt = Convert.ToInt32(value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
foreach (object item in Enum.GetValues(typeof(T)))
{
int itemAsInt = Convert.ToInt32(item, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
if (itemAsInt == (valueAsInt & itemAsInt))
{
yield return (T)item;
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines whether the enum value contains a specific value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">The value.</param>
/// <param name="request">The request.</param>
/// <returns>
/// <c>true</c> if value contains the specified value; otherwise, <c>false</c>.
/// </returns>
/// <example>
/// <code>
/// EnumExample dummy = EnumExample.Combi;
/// if (dummy.Contains<EnumExample>(EnumExample.ValueA))
/// {
/// Console.WriteLine("dummy contains EnumExample.ValueA");
/// }
/// </code>
/// </example>
public static bool Contains<T>(this Enum value, T request)
{
int valueAsInt = Convert.ToInt32(value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
int requestAsInt = Convert.ToInt32(request, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
if (requestAsInt == (valueAsInt & requestAsInt))
{
return true;
}
return false;
}
}