How to make a list of values and names of an enumaration

[Dnereb]

In userinterface you need to show a list the names off an enumaration but you want to store the value

I've made a class that just to provide for these cases:

Public Class SelectionListData
    
	Implements Iclonable
	
    Private _Id As Integer
    Private _Description As String

    Public Sub New()
        _Id = 0
        _Description = String.empty
    End Sub

    Public Sub New(ByVal Id As Integer, ByVal Description As String)
        Me.New()
        _Id = Id
        _Description = Description
    End Sub

    Public Property Id() As  Integer 
	Get
            Return _Id
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As System.Nullable(Of Integer))
            _Id = value
        End Set
    End Property

    Public Property Description() As String 
        Get
            Return _Description
        End Get
        Set(ByVal value As String)
			if value is nothing then
				value = String.Empty
			end if
            _Description = value
        End Set
    End Property


    Public Function Clone() As Object Implements System.ICloneable.Clone

        Dim Cloneobject As SelectionListData

		        Cloneobject = Me.memberwiseclone
        Return Cloneobject

    End Function
   
    Public Shared Function MakeSelectionListFromEnum(ByVal EnumToList As Type) As List(Of SelectionListData)

        Dim Values As Array
        Dim Names As Array

        Dim Itm As SelectionListData

        MakeSelectionListFromEnum = New List(Of SelectionListData)

        Values = System.Enum.GetValues(EnumToList)
       
        For Sh As Short = 0 To Values.Length - 1
            Itm = New SelectionListData
            Itm.Id = Values.GetValue(Sh)
            Itm.Description = Values(Sh).ToString

            MakeSelectionListFromEnum.Add(Itm)

        Next

    End Function


End Class

To use it in code :

Dim X as List(of SelectionListData)
X = SelectionListData.MakeSelectionListFromEnum(GetType(YourEnum))