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Extension methods for Enums like ToText(), ToValue(), IsAny(), ...

EnumExtensions

public static class EnumExtensions

Inheritance

System.Object

EnumExtensions

Examples

Arguments

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Methods

Gets the EnumText attribute's object value

public static string GetEnumText(this Enum enumField)

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enum EnumColor
{
    [EnumText("White")]
    [EnumValue(1234)]
    Black,

    [EnumText((string)null)]
    Red,
    Pink
}

var value = EnumColor.Black.GetEnumText();
// "White"

var value = EnumColor.Red.GetEnumText();
// null

var value = EnumColor.Pink.GetEnumText();
// null

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Methods arguments

Type	Name	Description
System.Enum	enumField

X

Type	Description
System.String	Returns EnumText attributes value or null if not defined

Gets the EnumValue-attribute's object value

public static object GetEnumValue(this Enum enumField)

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enum EnumColor
{
    [EnumText("White")]
    [EnumValue(1234)]
    Black,

    [EnumValue(null)]
    Blue,

    Pink
}

var value = EnumColor.Black.GetEnumValue();
// 1234, an int

var value = EnumColor.Pink.GetEnumValue();
// null as Pink does not have the EnumValue attribute

var value = EnumColor.Blue.GetEnumValue();
// null as Blue have null as the EnumValue

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Methods arguments

Type	Name	Description
System.Enum	enumField

X

Type	Description
System.Object	Returns EnumValue attribute's value or null if not exist

Check if Enum is matching any in the array

public static bool IsAny(this Enum enumField, params Enum[] values)

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enum Color {
    Black,
    White,
    Red,
    Blue
}

var red = Color.Red;

if(red.IsAny(Color.Black, Color.Blue)) {
    //Never hit, red is Red, never blue/black
}

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Methods arguments

Type	Name	Description
System.Enum	enumField
System.Enum[]	values

X

Type	Description
System.Boolean	True or false

Gets the EnumText attribute's value, fallback to enumField.ToString()

public static string ToText(this Enum enumField)

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enum EnumColor
{
    [EnumText("White")]
    [EnumValue("BlackAndWhite")]
    Black,

    Pink
}

var value = EnumColor.Black.ToText();
// White

var value = EnumColor.Pink.ToText();
// Pink

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Methods arguments

Type	Name	Description
System.Enum	enumField

X

Type	Description
System.String	Returns the text in EnumText attribute or Enum as string or null if nullwas passed

Gets the EnumValue attribute's value, fallback to enumField.ToString()

public static string ToValue(this Enum enumField)

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enum EnumColor
{
    [EnumText("White")]
    [EnumValue(1234)]
    Black,

    [EnumValue(null)]
    Blue,

    Pink
}

var value = EnumColor.Black.ToValue();
// "1234" as string

var value = EnumColor.Pink.ToValue();
// Pink, does not have the EnumValue attribute so it falls back to Pink as a string

var value = EnumColor.Blue.ToValue();
// value is null, as Blue have EnumValue null

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Methods arguments

Type	Name	Description
System.Enum	enumField

X

Type	Description
System.String	Returns value of EnumValue attribute if exist, or Enum as string

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