String to enum in C++

Question

Is there a way to associate a string from a text file with an enum value?

The problem is: I have a few enum values stored as string in a text file which I read on

Answer 1

Using C++ reflection library from here: https://github.com/tapika/cppreflect

You can - include library like this:

#include "cppreflect/cppreflect.h"

Basic usage:

Declare enumeration:

DECLARE_ENUM( enumName,
    // Prefix for all enums, "" if no prefix used.
    "myenum_",

    myenum_enumValue1,
    myenum_enumValue2,
    myenum_enumValue3 = 5,

    // comment
    myenum_enumValue4
);

Conversion logic:

From enumeration to string:

printf( EnumToString(myenum_enumValue3).c_str() );

=> "enumValue3"

From string to enumeration:

enumName value;

if( !StringToEnum("enumValue4", value) )
    printf("Conversion failed...");

=> 

value == myenum_enumValue4

Main / core functionality resides in here:

https://github.com/tapika/cppreflect/blob/master/cppreflect/enumreflect.h