How do i send enum string values to client

Question

I have defined an enum as following.

public enum Month
{
    January,
    February,
    March,
    April,
    May,
    June,
    July,
    August,
    September,
    October,
    November,
    December
}

I am getting and sending it back to client.

public List<Month> GetMonths()
{
    return Enum.GetValues(typeof(Month)).Cast<Month>().ToList();
}

However, I am receiving 0,1,2,3,....11 values at client end instead of actual string values i.e. month names.

How i can send actual month name as values?

Juan · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-07 16:45:25Z

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You can use the GetNames method on Enum:

public string[] GetMonths()
{
    return Enum.GetNames(typeof(Month));
}

answered Dec 7, 2015 at 16:45

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simbada Over a year ago

You're not converting it to list? why?

Juan Over a year ago

Well, you are not saying what is your client, but seems like you are serializing to JSON later, for JSON there is no List everythin is an array so you don't need to convert it. If you want you can do a ToList and return a List<string>

grom · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-07 16:45:41Z

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Newtonsoft.Json.Converters provides StringEnumConverter.

Usage:

[JsonConverter(typeof(StringEnumConverter))]
public Enum SomeProperty { get; set; }

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Amit Kumar · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-07 16:54:10Z

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Use this code to get list of string.

using Enum static method method GeNames.

List<string> monthsName =Enum.GetNames(typeof(Month)).ToList();

edited Dec 7, 2015 at 16:54

answered Dec 7, 2015 at 16:47

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3 Comments

simbada Over a year ago

Dont you require to cast it to Month i..e return Enum.GetNames(typeof(Month)).Cast<Month>().ToList();

Amit Kumar Over a year ago

@simbada: why do I need to cast . It will correctly return List<string>. I have tested It.

simbada Over a year ago

My mistale u dont need to since you are doing List<string>

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