Quick Tip: Converting an Enum from a string using C# Generics
Here’s a quick tip for you. Converting a string back to an Enum using Generics in C#.
private static T ToEnum<T>(string value)
{
return (T) Enum.Parse(typeof(T), value);
}
Nice and easy, here’s an example usage – very lame I know.
// Original enum
UriFormat uriFormat = UriFormat.SafeUnescaped;
// Persisted value
string uriFormatText = uriFormat.ToString();
// Back to the enum from the persisted value
UriFormat uriFormatParsed = ToEnum<UriFormat>(uriFormatText);
Console.WriteLine(uriFormat);
Console.WriteLine(uriFormatText);
Console.WriteLine(uriFormatParsed);
Noice?
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