Enum to List<Object> (Id, Name)

Question

What is the best practice to convert an enum to an list of Id/Name-objects?

Enum:

public enum Type
{
    Type1= 1,
    Type2= 2,
    Type3= 3,
    Type4= 4
}

Object:

public class TypeViewModel
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

Something like:

var typeList = new List<TypeViewModel>();
foreach (Type type in Enum.GetValues(typeof(Type)))
{
    typeList.Add(new TypeViewModel(type.Id, type.Name));
}

Answer 1

Use LINQ:

var typeList = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Type))
               .Cast<Type>()
               .Select(t => new TypeViewModel
               {
                   Id = ((int)t),
                   Name = t.ToString()
               });

Result: