Choosing the default value of an Enum type without having to change values

Question

In C#, is it possible to decorate an Enum type with an attribute or do something else to specify what the default value should be, without having the change the values? The

Answer 1

enum Orientations
{
    None, North, East, South, West
}
private Orientations? _orientation { get; set; }

public Orientations? Orientation
{
    get
    {
        return _orientation ?? Orientations.None;
    }
    set
    {
        _orientation = value;
    }
}

If you set the property to null will return Orientations.None on get. The property _orientation is null by default.