Type.IsEnum Property
[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]
Gets a value indicating whether the current Type represents an enumeration.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.Booleantrue if the current Type represents an enumeration; otherwise, false.
This 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.
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Public Enum Color Red Blue Green End Enum 'Color Class Example Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock) Dim colorType As Type = GetType(Color) Dim enumType As Type = GetType([Enum]) outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Is Color an enum? {0}.", colorType.IsEnum) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Is Color a value type? {0}.", colorType.IsValueType) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Is Enum an enum type? {0}.", enumType.IsEnum) & vbCrLf outputBlock.Text += String.Format("Is Enum a value type? {0}.", enumType.IsValueType) & vbCrLf End Sub 'Main End Class 'TestType
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.
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