Can we make a enum as a generic data type?

Question

Can we make a enum as a generic data type? If so please provide an example. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Enums cannot be made generic.

From MSDN:

An enumeration is a named constant whose underlying type is any integral type

See this SO answer for an alternative.

Answer 2

No. Enums in C# have an integral base type (Int32 by default) but the items in it are always known at compile-time. There is simply no sensible way how generics might even fit into the concept of an enum.

Answer 3

You can pass an enum as a type parameter to a generic method whose constraints allow it, but the enum itself cannot be generic.

Answer 4

You can try class enums.