Enum from string, int, etc

Question

Using extension method we can create methods to convert an enum to other datatype like string, int by creating extension methods ToInt(), ToString()

Answer 1

Another approach (for the string part of your question):

/// 

/// Static class for generic parsing of string to enum
/// 
/// Type of the enum to be parsed to
public static class Enum
{
    /// 

    /// Parses the specified value from string to the given Enum type.
    /// 
    /// The value.
    /// 
    public static T Parse(string value)
    {
        //Null check
        if(value == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("value");
        //Empty string check
        value = value.Trim();
        if(value.Length == 0) throw new ArgumentException("Must specify valid information for parsing in the string", "value");
        //Not enum check
        Type t = typeof(T);
        if(!t.IsEnum) throw new ArgumentException("Type provided must be an Enum", "T");

        return (T)Enum.Parse(typeof(T), value);
    }
}

(Partially inspired by: http://devlicious.com/blogs/christopher_bennage/archive/2007/09/13/my-new-little-friend-enum-lt-t-gt.aspx)