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Gets a value indicating whether the current Type represents an enumeration.
Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.Booleantrue if the current Type represents an enumeration; otherwise, false.
Implements
_Type.IsEnumThis property returns true for an enumeration, but not for the Enum type itself.
If the current Type represents a constructed generic type, this property applies to the generic type definition from which the type was constructed. For example, if the current Type represents MyGenericType<int> (MyGenericType(Of Integer) in Visual Basic), the value of this property is determined by MyGenericType<T>.
If the current Type represents a type parameter in the definition of a generic type or generic method, this property always returns false.
This property is read-only.
The following example demonstrates how to use the IsEnum property.
using System; public enum Color { Red, Blue, Green } class TestIsEnum { public static void Main() { Type colorType = typeof(Color); Type enumType = typeof(Enum); Console.WriteLine("Is Color an enum? {0}.", colorType.IsEnum); Console.WriteLine("Is Color a value type? {0}.", colorType.IsValueType); Console.WriteLine("Is Enum an enum Type? {0}.", enumType.IsEnum); Console.WriteLine("Is Enum a value type? {0}.", enumType.IsValueType); } }
This code produces the following output:
Is Color an enum? True. Is Color a value type? True. Is Enum an enum type? False. Is Enum a value type? False.
Windows 8 Release Preview, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

