/// <summary>
/// Method return a read-only collection of the names of the constants in specified enum
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public static ReadOnlyCollection<string> GetNames()
{
    return Enum.GetNames(typeof(T)).Cast<string>().ToList().AsReadOnly();   
}

其中T是枚举类型; 添加:

using System.Collections.ObjectModel; 

我总是习惯于得到一个枚举值的列表，就像这样:

Array list = Enum.GetValues(typeof (SomeEnum));

Language[] result = (Language[])Enum.GetValues(typeof(Language))

更简单的方法:

Enum.GetValues(typeof(SomeEnum))
    .Cast<SomeEnum>()
    .Select(v => v.ToString())
    .ToList();

如果你想Enum int作为键和名称作为值，如果你存储的数字到数据库，它是从Enum!

void Main()
{
     ICollection<EnumValueDto> list = EnumValueDto.ConvertEnumToList<SearchDataType>();

     foreach (var element in list)
     {
        Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Key: {0}; Value: {1}", element.Key, element.Value));
     }

     /* OUTPUT:
        Key: 1; Value: Boolean
        Key: 2; Value: DateTime
        Key: 3; Value: Numeric         
     */
}

public class EnumValueDto
{
    public int Key { get; set; }

    public string Value { get; set; }

    public static ICollection<EnumValueDto> ConvertEnumToList<T>() where T : struct, IConvertible
    {
        if (!typeof(T).IsEnum)
        {
            throw new Exception("Type given T must be an Enum");
        }

        var result = Enum.GetValues(typeof(T))
                         .Cast<T>()
                         .Select(x =>  new EnumValueDto { Key = Convert.ToInt32(x), 
                                       Value = x.ToString(new CultureInfo("en")) })
                         .ToList()
                         .AsReadOnly();

        return result;
    }
}

public enum SearchDataType
{
    Boolean = 1,
    DateTime,
    Numeric
}

public class NameValue
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public object Value { get; set; }
}

public class NameValue
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public object Value { get; set; }
}

public static List<NameValue> EnumToList<T>()
{
    var array = (T[])(Enum.GetValues(typeof(T)).Cast<T>()); 
    var array2 = Enum.GetNames(typeof(T)).ToArray<string>(); 
    List<NameValue> lst = null;
    for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
    {
        if (lst == null)
            lst = new List<NameValue>();
        string name = array2[i];
        T value = array[i];
        lst.Add(new NameValue { Name = name, Value = value });
    }
    return lst;
}

转换枚举到一个列表更多的信息可在这里。