Convert enum to String

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Hi Everybody!

I have the following:
1. enum

C#

[StringValueAttribute("Value 1")]
Value1=1,
[StringValueAttribute("Value 2")]
Value2,
[StringValueAttribute("Value 3")]
Value3,
[StringValueAttribute("Value 4")]
Value4,
[StringValueAttribute("Value 5")]
Value5

2.

public class StringValueAttribute : System.Attribute
{
    private string _value;
    public StringValueAttribute(string value)
    {
        _value = value;
    }

    public string Value
    {
        get { return _value; }
    }
}

3. I have a column in my recordset that can have a possible range of 1 - 5 (tinyint / byte)

resultset.valuemarker

Is there any way I can convert this valuemarker into the corresponding string from the enum above?

Any help is appreciated :-D

Thanks
Reborndeveloper

Posted 11-Aug-10 7:55am

RebornDeveloper

Updated 11-Aug-10 8:55am

Sandeep Mewara

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Enum.Parse

Posted 11-Aug-10 7:57am

AspDotNetDev

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Wjousts 11-Aug-10 15:31pm

I think you misunderstood the question. The OP wants, for a given enum value the string in the attribute they attached to it.

AspDotNetDev 11-Aug-10 15:43pm

Indeed, I missed the second part. I gave your answer a 5.

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Wjousts · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-11T09:35:00

You should be able to cast your int to your enum value and then use reflection to get the StringValueAttribute.

Something like this:

MyEnum myEnum = (MyEnum)myInt;
FieldInfo fi = (typeof(MyEnum).GetField(myEnum.ToString());
StringValueAttribute[] attrb = (StringValueAttribute[])fi.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(StringValueAttribute, false);

// If you only ever have 1 StringValueAttribute per enum value then 
// attrb[0] will contain that object.

return attrb[0].Value;