How can I make an “abstract” enum in a .NET class library?

Question

I\'m making a server library in which the packet association is done by enum.

public enum ServerOperationCode : byte
{
    LoginResponse = 0x00,
    Selectio         


        

Answer 1

How about using static Dictionary and a virtual method to retrieve the static dictionaries in the inherited classes?

Like the follow for your case:

    public abstract class Operation
    {
        protected abstract Dictionary getCodeTable();
        public int returnOpCode(string request){ return getCodeTable()[request]; }
    }
    public class ServerOperation : Operation
    {
        Dictionary serverOpCodeTable = new Dictionary()
        {
            {"LoginResponse", 0x00,},
            {"SelectionResponse", 0x01},
            {"BlahBlahResponse", 0x02}
        };
        protected override Dictionary getCodeTable()
        {
            return serverOpCodeTable;
        }

    }
    public class ClientOperation : Operation
    {
        Dictionary cilentOpCodeTable = new Dictionary()
        {
            {"LoginResponse", 0x00,},
            {"SelectionResponse", 0x01},
            {"BlahBlahResponse", 0x02}
        };
        protected override Dictionary getCodeTable()
        {
            return cilentOpCodeTable;
        }
    }