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Miguel Moura
Miguel Moura

Reputation: 39354

Get Enum from its name. Is this possible?

I have the enum:

public enum Colors { Yellow, Red }

Then I have a string: 

String enumName = "Colors";

Is it possible to get an enum instance from the enumName? Something like:

Enum colors = // get enum with name "Colors".

Thank You, Miguel

Upvotes: 0

Views: 176

Answers (3)

DarkSquirrel42
DarkSquirrel42

Reputation: 10257

are you looking for something like this?

using System;
using System.Linq;

namespace Stuff
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string enumName = "Colors";
            string value = "Red";


            var loadedPublicTypes = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies().SelectMany(x => x.GetExportedTypes());
            var possibleEnums = loadedPublicTypes.Where(x => x.IsEnum && x.Name == enumName);

            foreach (var e in possibleEnums)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("{0} is{1} a member of {2}", value, Enum.GetNames(e).Contains(value) ? "" : " not", e.FullName);
            }

        }


    }
    public enum Colors
    {
        Red,
        Yellow
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

to StackOverflow
to StackOverflow

Reputation: 124686

You need the full name of the enumeration type (e.g. System.Drawing.KnownColor, System.Drawing, or Microsoft.MediaCenter.UI.Colors, Microsoft.MediaCenter.UI).

Once you have this, you can use reflection to create an instance of the corresponding enum.

Upvotes: 0

Igor Ševo
Igor Ševo

Reputation: 5495

You could use a dynamic type and find a variable by name, but you would have to have an instance of all the enums you want to include in your search.

Check out the following post: Getting variable by name in C#.

Upvotes: 0

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