Converting between C enum and XML

Question

What\'s the cleanest way to store an enum in XML and read it back out again? Say I\'ve got:

enum ETObjectType {ETNormalObjectType, ETRareObjectType, ETEssent         


        

Answer 1

I'm experimenting with this solution -

static NSString *stepTypeEnum[kStepTypeCount] = {@"one",@"two",@"three",@"four"};

int enumFromStrings(NSString*findString,NSString *strings[],int enumMax){
    for (int i=0;i

I like it because it checks the length of the string array at compile time, and the enumFromStrings function is generic and reusable. You call it like so:

-(void)setType:(NSString*)typeString{
    type = enumFromStrings(typeString,stepTypeEnum,kStepTypeCount);
}