C# Treat an enum as an array -

in project have enum in store music genres values looks :

enum genres { rock,pop,disco,sport,talk,metal,hard_rock,electro,classic_rock} 

now in code want foreach loop work based on music genre.something this:

foreach(genres genre in enum.getvalues(typeof(genres))) {      switch(genre)      {          case genres.disco:                  //do               break;              case genres.rock:                  //do               break;          .....          .......      } } 

what want treat enum in switch case array.something this:

foreach(genres genre in enum.getvalues(typeof(genres))) {      switch(genre)      {          case genres[0]:                  //do               break;              case genres[1]:                  //do               break;          .....          .......      } } 

is possible? in advance.

edit 

i have listbox in want populate genreitems. every listboxitem want have diffent name ass pass them in. make switch in order check genre , case rock example set listboxitem rock , add in listbox.

i don't think it's possible unless tweaks... example, use static array store values:

public static readonly genres[] allgenres = enum.getvalues(typeof(genres)).cast<genres>().toarray();  // sample: public void test() {    var first = allgenres [0]; } 

edit

now understand need. want list bind control. think might want try use attribute enum if think need description, , write generic method retrieve enum items , wrap object, like:

public enum genres {     [description("rock!!!")]     rock,      pop,      disco,      sport,      talk,      metal,      hard_rock,      electro,      [description("classic rock")]     classic_rock }  public class enumitem {     string name { get; set; }     string description { get; set; }     enum enumvalue {get;set;}      public static ienumerable<enumitem> getvalue(type t)     {         // implementation using reflection/expression                 } }  // can use retrieved list/whatever binding or so... 

you may further tweak meet needs (for example, using type constraint make better) - , more important, become generic class serve enum types...