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I see the Enum.GetValues returns base Array type and Enum.GetNames returns a string array. But I don't understand how this is very significant. For an enum anyways, the values are strings.
But, there is an associated problem. The DataGridView ComboBox column databinds to an enum if I give the DataSource = Enum.GetValues, but it doesn't databind when I give it Enum.GetNames as a DataSource.
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The GetValues method returns an array that contains a value for each member of the enumType enumeration. If multiple members have the same value, the returned array includes duplicate values.
Enums don't have methods for iteration, like forEach() or iterator(). Instead, we can use the array of the Enum values returned by the values() method.
Enums in C# The enum keyword in C# declares a list of named integer constants. An enum can be defined in a namespace, structure or class. However, it is better to define it in a namespace so that all the classes can access it.
GetValues will return an Array of the underlying integer values for each item in the Enum.
GetNames will return a string array of the Names for the items in the enum.
The Array returned by GetValues implements IList while the string[] returned by GetNames does not, which explains the binding differences.
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Enums are actually numeric. GetNames returns the field names. GetValues returns the numeric values.
MSDN has a great sample on GetValues.
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