How to use generic Tryparse with Enum?

Question

I\'m trying to build generic function that get from user string and try to parse it to Enum valuse like this:

private Enum getEnumStringEnumType(Type i_EnumT         


        

Answer 1

You should make a generic method:

private T getEnumStringEnumType() where T : struct, IConvertible
    {
        string userInputString = string.Empty;
        T resultInputType = default(T);
        bool enumParseResult = false;

        while (!enumParseResult)
        {
            userInputString = System.Console.ReadLine();
            enumParseResult = Enum.TryParse(userInputString, out resultInputType);
        }

        return resultInputType;
    }

usage:

public enum myEnum { val1, val2 }

myEnum enumValue = getEnumStringEnumType();