C#, Flags Enum, Generic function to look for a flag

Question

I\'d like one general purpose function that could be used with any Flags style enum to see if a flag exists.

This doesn\'t compile, but if anyone has a suggestion, I

Answer 1

Why not write an extension method for this? I did this in another post

public static class EnumerationExtensions {

    public static bool Has(this System.Enum type, T value) {
        try {
            return (((int)(object)type & (int)(object)value) == (int)(object)value);
        } 
        catch {
            return false;
        }
    }
    //... etc...

}

//Then use it like this
bool hasValue = permissions.Has(PermissionTypes.Delete);

It could use a little refinement (since it assumes everything can be cast as an int), but it could get you started...