Mapping to an Enum bit flag in Nhibernate

Question

Take the following Enum Flag

[Flags]
enum Permssions
{
   CanComment = 1,
   CanEdit = 2,
   CanDelete = 4,
   CanRemoveUsers = 8,
   All = CanComment | CanE         


        

Answer 1

I would have a private int field for the NHibernate persistence and a public Getter/Setter property for the flag enum that read and write to the int field. (NHibernate can be configured to work with private fields)

That way you don't have to resort to voodoo magic or messy constants to get the job done.