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descf
descf

Reputation: 1312

How do I pass an Enum as an argument?

In the code below I am just coverting a string ("medium" for example) to its Enum value. What I need to be able to do is rather than having Opacity as a fixed Enum type, pass that in as an argument as well so that the function operates on any Enum. This seems to be proving more difficult than I anticipated, i.e. 'Enum MyEnum' doesn't work. Solutions anyone?

public enum Opacity
{
    Low,
    Medium,
    High
}

public static Enum StringToEnum(String str)
{            
    return (Opacity)Enum.Parse(typeof(Opacity), str, true);  // Case insensitive             
}

Upvotes: 2

Views: 254

Answers (1)

YetAnotherUser
YetAnotherUser

Reputation: 9356

public static T StringToEnum<T>(String str) where T : struct
{
    return (T)Enum.Parse(typeof(T), str, true);
}

Upvotes: 9

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