Value

true if the current Type represents an enumeration; otherwise false.

Remarks

This property is read-only.

This property returns true for an enumeration, but not for the Enum type itself, which is a class.

If the current instance represents a generic type, this property applies to the definition of the type. If the current instance represents an unassigned type parameter of a generic type or method, this property always returns false.

Example

The following example demonstrates using the Type.IsEnum property.

C# Example

using System;
public enum Color {
Red, Blue, Green
}
class TestType {
 public static void Main() {
 Type colorType = typeof(Color);
 Type enumType = typeof(Enum);
 Console.WriteLine("Color is enum ? {0}", colorType.IsEnum);
 Console.WriteLine("Color is valueType? {0}", colorType.IsValueType);
 Console.WriteLine("Enum is enum Type? {0}", enumType.IsEnum);
 Console.WriteLine("Enum is value? {0}", enumType.IsValueType);
 }
}

The output is

Color is enum ? True
Color is valueType? True
Enum is enum Type? False
Enum is value? False

Requirements

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0