Using an enum as an optional parameter

Question

I have several methods in an application I\'m working on loaded with optional parameters, some of which are enums. Currently, in order to do that I\'m writing methods with a

Answer 1

I would suggest using nullable enum in this situation, like this:

public void SomeMethod(string myFirstParam = "", 
                       string mySecondParam = "", 
                       MyEnum? myThirdParam = null)
{
   if (myThirdParam.HasValue)
   {
      var enumValue = myThirdParam.Value;
      //do something with it
   }
}

and you can use it like this:

SomeMethod(myThirdParam: MyEnum.Something);