Iterating through an enumeration in Silverlight?

Or maybe strongly typed using linq, like this:

    public static T[] GetEnumValues<T>()
    {
        var type = typeof(T);
        if (!type.IsEnum)
            throw new ArgumentException("Type '" + type.Name + "' is not an enum");

        return (
          from field in type.GetFields(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static)
          where field.IsLiteral
          select (T)field.GetValue(null)
        ).ToArray();
    }

    public static string[] GetEnumStrings<T>()
    {
        var type = typeof(T);
        if (!type.IsEnum)
            throw new ArgumentException("Type '" + type.Name + "' is not an enum");

        return (
          from field in type.GetFields(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static)
          where field.IsLiteral
          select field.Name
        ).ToArray();
    }

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