C# Foreach statement does not contain public definition for GetEnumerator

Question

I\'m having a problem with a Windows Form application I\'m building in C#. The error is stating \"foreach statement cannot operate on variables of type \'CarBootSale.CarBootSale

Answer 1

You should implement the IEnumerable interface (CarBootSaleList should impl it in your case).

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.collections.ienumerable.getenumerator.aspx

But it is usually easier to subclass System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection and friends

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.collections.objectmodel.aspx

Your code also seems a bit strange, like you are nesting lists?

Answer 2

In foreach loop instead of carBootSaleList use carBootSaleList.data.

You probably do not need answer anymore, but it could help someone.

Answer 3

You don't show us the declaration of carBootSaleList. However from the exception message I can see that it is of type CarBootSaleList. This type doesn't implement the IEnumerable interface and therefore cannot be used in a foreach.

Your CarBootSaleList class should implement IEnumerable<CarBootSale>:

public class CarBootSaleList : IEnumerable<CarBootSale>
{
    private List<CarBootSale> carbootsales;

    ...

    public IEnumerator<CarBootSale> GetEnumerator()
    {
        return carbootsales.GetEnumerator();
    }

    IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
    {
        return carbootsales.GetEnumerator();
    }
}

Answer 4

Your CarBootSaleList class is not a list. It is a class that contain a list.

You have three options:

Make your CarBootSaleList object implement IEnumerable

or

make your CarBootSaleList inherit from List<CarBootSale>

or

if you are lazy this could almost do the same thing without extra coding

List<List<CarBootSale>>