Sunday, February 01, 2009

Enum Members and the .NET Compact Framework

enum ShakeFlavour
{
    Chocolate,
    Strawberry,
    Vanilla
}

Type type = typeof(ShakeFlavour);

// Print the list of enum elements - Public and Static BindingFlags required 
// to skip internal "value__" field
FieldInfo[] fields = type.GetFields(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static);
foreach (FieldInfo info in fields)
{
    Console.WriteLine(info.Name);
}

// Parse an enum element from a string
string myFlavour = "Strawberry";
try
{
    ShakeFlavour enumObject = (ShakeFlavour)Enum.Parse(type, myFlavour, true);
    Console.WriteLine("Shake Flavour: {0}", enumObject);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    Console.WriteLine("enum element not recognised");
}

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