Most efficient way to parse a flagged enum to a list

Question

I have a flagged enum and need to retrieve the names of all values set on it.

I am currently taking advantage of the enum\'s ToString() method which returns the eleme

Answer 1

Try this:

public void SetRoles(Enums.Roles role)
{
  List result = new List();
  foreach(Roles r in Enum.GetValues(typeof(Roles))
  {
    if ((role & r) != 0) result.Add(r.ToString());
  }
}